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impassive
adjective as in aloof, cool
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- apathetic
- callous
- cold
- cold-blooded
- collected
- composed
- dispassionate
- dry
- hardened
- heartless
- imperturbable
- indifferent
- indurated
- inexcitable
- inexpressive
- inscrutable
- insensible
- insusceptible
- nonchalant
- passionless
- phlegmatic
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sedate
- self-contained
- spiritless
- stoical
- unconcerned
- unexcitable
- unfeeling
- unimpressible
- unmoved
- wooden
Example Sentences
One of the most striking things about the video was how impassive you looked after breaking a world record.
Through it all stood the impassive Ancelotti, the masterly facilitator of great players, working it out with the help of those in his charge, including a lengthy touchline conversation with Carvajal close to half-time.
So there’s a theory percolating online that if you adopt the qualities of a stone, becoming impassive and bland, then you will repel the argumentative, antagonistic people in your life who are itching for conflict.
Mr. Xi was impassive, but his wife, Peng Liyuan, smiled broadly and applauded.
Menzies, who plays him minus the historical Stanton’s impressive whiskers, the better to appear a 21st-century screen hero, catches his well-documented resolve, seriousness, impatience and impassive imperiousness.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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