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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | aloof, cool |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, callous, cold, cold-blooded, collected, composed, dispassionate, dry, emotionless, hardened, heartless, imperturbable, indifferent, indurated, inexcitable, inexpressive, inscrutable, insensible, insusceptible, matter-of-fact, nonchalant, passionless, phlegmatic, placid, poker-faced, reserved, reticent, sedate, self-contained, serene, spiritless, stoic, stoical, stolid, taciturn, unconcerned, unemotional, unexcitable, unfeeling, unflappable, unimpressible, unmoved, unruffled, wooden |
| Notes: | impassioned means characterized by intense emotion or full of passion, while impassive means having or revealing little emotion |
| Antonyms: | emotional, feeling, passionate, responsive, sensitive, susceptible, warm |
ɪv| Main Entry: | blank |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expressionless |
| Synonyms: | deadpan, dull, empty, fruitless, hollow, immobile, impassive, inane, inexpressive, inscrutable, lifeless, masklike, meaningless, noncommittal, poker-faced, stiff, stupid, uncommunicative, unexpressive, vacant, vacuous, vague |
| Antonyms: | animated |
| Main Entry: | bloodless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unfeeling |
| Synonyms: | anesthetic, cold, coldhearted, dull, impassive, indolent, insensible, insensitive, languid, lazy, lifeless, listless, passionless, slow, sluggish, spiritless, torpid, unemotional, unkind |
| Antonyms: | caring, feeling, sensitive |
| Main Entry: | callous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, insensitive |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blind to, careless, case-hardened, cold, cold-blooded, deaf to, hard, hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hardened, hardhearted, heartless, impassive, impenitent, indifferent, indurated, inflexible, insensate, insensible, insensitive, insentient, inured, obdurate, soulless, spiritless, stiff, stony, stubborn, thick-skinned, torpid, tough, toughened, unaffected, unbending, uncaring, uncompassionate, unconcerned, unfeeling, unimpressionable, unresponsive, unsusceptible, unsympathetic |
| Notes: | callus is a hard patch of skin; callous is an adjective meaning 'indifferent to suffering' or 'hardened' |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, feeling, kind, nice, sensitive, sympathetic, tender |
| Main Entry: | calm |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | composed, cool (animate) |
| Synonyms: | aloof, amiable, amicable, civil, collected, cool as cucumber, cool-headed, detached, disinterested, dispassionate, equable, gentle, impassive, imperturbable, inscrutable, kind, laid-back*, levelheaded, listless, moderate, neutral, patient, placid, pleased, poised, relaxed, restful, satisfied, sedate, self-possessed, serene, still, temperate, unconcerned, undisturbed, unemotional, unexcitable, unexcited, unflappable, unimpressed, unmoved, unruffled, untroubled |
| Antonyms: | agitated, angry, excitable, excited, furious, mad, passionate, roused, ruffled, wild, worried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cool |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | calm, collected |
| Synonyms: | assured, composed, coolheaded, deliberate, detached, dispassionate, impassive, imperturbable, levelheaded, nonchalant, philosophical, phlegmatic, placid, quiet, relaxed, self-controlled, self-possessed, serene, stolid, together, tranquil, unagitated, unemotional, unexcited, unflappable, unruffled |
| Antonyms: | agitated, annoyed, excited, upset |
| Main Entry: | deadpan |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | expressionless |
| Synonyms: | blank, impassive, nobody home, poker-faced, serious, stony, straight-faced, unreadable, vacant, wooden |
| Main Entry: | dense |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | slow, stupid |
| Synonyms: | blockheaded, boorish, doltish, dull, dumb, fatheaded, ignorant, imbecilic, impassive, lethargic, numskulled, oafish, obtuse, phlegmatic, simple, slow-witted, sluggish, stolid, thick, torpid |
| Antonyms: | brainy, clever, intelligent, smart |
| Main Entry: | dry |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dull, uninteresting |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, blah, boring, bromidic, draggy, dreary, dull as dishwater, dusty, ho hum, impassive, inelaborate, insipid, matter-of-fact, modest, monotonous, naked, phlegmatic, plain, simple, tedious, tiresome, trite, weariful, wearisome |
| Antonyms: | exciting, interesting, juicy, lively, untiring |
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