Meaning

2 senses

  1. Having, or revealing, no emotion.

    gefühllos, gleichmütig, teilnahmslos

    having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited

  2. Still or motionless.

    unbewegt

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Tom is impassive.

    deTom ist teilnahmslos.

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  2. She is looking up at me with impassive eyes.

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  3. He remained impassive, with a sneer on his face.

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  4. He tried to remain impassive and convince himself that it was none of his business.

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  5. He seemed impassive.

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Translations

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By meaning 2
having, or revealing, no emotion:
still or motionless:

Origin

From im- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + passive (“which is, or is capable of being, acted on; (o

From im- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + passive (“which is, or is capable of being, acted on; (obsolete) which suffers, or may suffer, pain, death, etc.”, adjective).

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Forms

more impassive, most impassive
Comparativemore impassive Lesson
Superlativemost impassive Lesson

regular

Synonyms

84 synonyms
clinicalC1dullB1deafB1coolA1indifferentB2lethargicC1nonchalantC2unconcernedB2unenthusiasticB2uninterestedB1inanimateB2inertB2lifelessB2motionlessB1
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words
RelatedpassiveB1impatientA2impassibleimpassivenessimpassivity
Derivedimpassivelyunimpassive

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
impartialB2impartialityimpassableimpasseimpatienceimpatientA2impatientlyB2impeach
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