impassive

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. stolid, phlegmatic, stoical, calm, undemonstrative.

See insensibility.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

Syn. indifferent, apathetic, stoic, stolid, phlegmatic, callous, sedate, insensitive, emotionless; see also blank 2 , indifferent 1 .

Syn.- impassive means not having or showing any feeling or emotion, although it does not necessarily connote an incapability of being affected [ his impassive face did not betray his anguish ] ; apathetic stresses an indifference or listlessness from which one cannot easily be stirred to feeling [ an apathetic electorate ] ; ?stoic implies an austere indifference to pleasure or pain and specifically suggests the ability to endure suffering without flinching [ he received the bad news with stoic calm ] ; stolid suggests dullness, obtuseness, or stupidity in one who is not easily moved or excited; phlegmatic is applied to one who by temperament is not easily disconcerted or aroused

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

emotionless, calm, placid, stoic, stony, cool, indifferent, apathetic, stolid, dispassionate, unfeeling, matter-of-fact, reserved, phlegmatic.

ANT.: impassioned, ardent, fervent

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Without emotion or interest: apathetic, detached, incurious, indifferent, insensible, lethargic, listless, phlegmatic, stolid, unconcerned, uninterested, unresponsive. See FEELINGS. 2. With little or no emotion or expression: dry, matter-of-fact, unemotional. See ATTITUDE, EXCITE. 3. Not capable of being affected or impressed: impassible, insensitive, insusceptible, unimpressionable, unsusceptible. See AFFECT.