impassive

English

Etymology

From im- (“not”) +‎ passive (“to express the suffering or feeling”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈpæsɪv/

Adjective

impassive (comparative more impassive, superlative most impassive)

1. Having, or revealing, no emotion.
   • 2016 May 22, Phil McNulty, “Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United”, in BBC‎:

     It was a victory that clearly meant so much to Van Gaal as the normally impassive manager raced from his seat in the technical area to celebrate Lingard's winner.

2. Still or motionless.

Synonyms

• apathetic, phlegmatic

Related terms

• passive
• impassible
• impatient

Translations

having, or revealing, no emotion

Bulgarian: безстрастен (bg) (bezstrasten) Dutch: onbewogen (nl), gevoelloos (nl), ongeëmotioneerd, onverstoorbaar (nl) Finnish: tunteeton (fi), välinpitämätön (fi) French: impassible (fr) German: gefühllos (de), gleichmütig (de), teilnahmslos (de), leidenschaftslos Greek: απαθής (el) (apathís) Ancient: ἀπαθής (apathḗs) Hungarian: közömbös (hu), egykedvű (hu), érzéketlen (hu) Irish: fuarchúiseach Japanese: 無感動な (mukandōna) Marathi: भावनाशून्य (bhāvnāśūnya) Portuguese: impassível (pt) Spanish: impasible (es) Turkish: Duyarsız

still or motionless

Finnish: liikkumaton (fi) German: unbewegt Hungarian: mozdulatlan (hu) Japanese: 平然とした (hēzentoshita) Maori: whakaririka

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Japanese: (please verify) 無感覚な (mukankakuna) Maori: (please verify) whakaririka

References

1. Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “impassive”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.