impassive Meaning, Definition & Usage
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adjective satellite having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited
stolid.
- her impassive remoteness
- he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- Nordhoff & Hall
- a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf
- her face showed nothing but stolid indifference
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adjective satellite deliberately impassive in manner
deadpan; unexpressive; poker-faced; expressionless.
- deadpan humor
- his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read
WordNet
Im*pas"sive adjective
Definitions
Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. Impassive as the marble in the quarry. De Quincey.
On the impassive ice the lightings play. Pope.
--Im*pas"sive*ly , adv. --Im*pas"sive*ness , n.