She is looking up at me with impassive eyes.
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Impassive
//ɪmˈpæsɪv//
Synonyms for "impassive" (278 found)
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Strong matches (83)
dispassionatedistantdruggeddrydulldwindlingebbingemotionally deademotionlessemptyeveneven temperedeven-temperedeven-tenoredfishyforbiddingfrigidfrostedfrostyfrozen
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glassyguardedhalcyonhardenedheartlessheedlesshushedicyimmovableimpassibleimpersonalimperturbableinaccessibleincuriousindifferentinduratedinexcitableinexpressiveinirritableinsensibleinsensitiveinsentientinsouciantinsusceptibleintrovertedisolatedlackadaisicallaggardlistlessmatter-of-factmindlessmodestmolderingnonchalantnonemotional
Adjective(27 words)
dispassionateemotionlessenervatedgallionichalfheartedheartlessimmovableimpassibleinanimateindifferentineffervescibleinertinsensibleinsouciantjadedlackadaisicallanguidlanguorouslaodiceanlethargic
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Adjective(1 words)
Related words (139)
Adjective(37 words)
objectiveobtuseoffisholympianout of touchpacificpassionlesspassivepatientpeaceablepeacefulphlegmaticplacidpoker facedpoker-facedquiescentquietregardlessremoteremoved
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reposefulreposingrepressedreservedrestfulrestingrestrainedreticentretiringrockysecludedself-absorbedsequesteredsequestratedsereneshelteredshrinkingsmoothsoullessspiritlessstandoffstandoffishsteadystillstill as deathstillishstillystoicstoicalstolidstonystraightsubduedsubsidingsuppressedtaciturntranquilunaffableunaffectionateunagitatedunapproachableuncaringunconcerneduncongenialundemonstrativeundisturbableundisturbedunexcitableunexpansiveunexpressiveunfeelingunflappableungenialunimpassionedunimpressibleunimpressionableuninquiringuninquisitiveuninteresteduninvolvedunirritableunlovingunmindfulunmovedunnervousunpassionateunperturbedunrespondingunresponsiveunruffledunstirringunsusceptibleunsympatheticuntouchableuntroubledvacantwaningwithdrawnwooden
Adjective(3 words)
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2 entriesRelated terms
3 entriesderived
4 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
40 translations across 18 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀπαθής adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Bulgarian
1 entries- безстрастен adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Catalan
4 entries- impassible adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- imperturbable adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- impertèrrit adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- impàvid adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Czech
4 entries- chladný adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- flegmatický adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- klidný adj (still or motionless)
- lhostejný adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Dutch
4 entries- gevoelloos adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- onbewogen adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- ongeëmotioneerd adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- onverstoorbaar adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Finnish
3 entries- liikkumaton adj (still or motionless)
- tunteeton adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- välinpitämätön adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
French
1 entries- impassible adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
German
4 entries- gefühllos adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- gleichmütig adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- leidenschaftslos adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- teilnahmslos adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Greek
1 entries- απαθής adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Hungarian
4 entries- egykedvű adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- közömbös adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- mozdulatlan adj (still or motionless)
- érzéketlen adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Irish
1 entries- fuarchúiseach adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Italian
1 entries- impassibile adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Japanese
2 entries- 平然とした adj (still or motionless)
- 無感動な adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Marathi
1 entries- भावनाशून्य adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Māori
1 entries- whakaririka adj (still or motionless)
Portuguese
2 entries- impassível adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- imperturbável adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Spanish
2 entries- impasible adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
- impertérrito adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Turkish
1 entries- duyarsız adj (having, or revealing, no emotion)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom is impassive.
Source: tatoeba (2236729)
She had a proud, finely cut face, so regular that it might have seemed impassive were it not for the sensitive mouth and the beautiful dark, eager eyes.
Source: tatoeba (6608720)
A moment later he and I were back in the front room, where the impassive lady was still quietly working away at her antimacassar.
Source: tatoeba (6957917)
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