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as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
she remained impassive as the officers informed her of her son's death
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as in blank
not expressing any emotion
an impassive expression on the prisoner's face as his sentence was read
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Recent Examples of impassive
Taveras places his left hand near his heart, but remains impassive.
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Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
As for the Bruckner, the Berliners succeeded in animating a figure who is too often treated as an impassive statue.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Navigating the new era of AI innovation While Keith Davidson faces ongoing questioning, former president Donald Trump is largely an impassive figure in...
—Washington Post, 25 May 2024
Our first Killarney run combined the fervent greenness of the previous day with the impassive steepness of our earlier outings.
—Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
As for the Bruckner, the Berliners succeeded in animating a figure who is too often treated as an impassive statue.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Navigating the new era of AI innovation While Keith Davidson faces ongoing questioning, former president Donald Trump is largely an impassive figure in...
—Washington Post, 25 May 2024
Our first Killarney run combined the fervent greenness of the previous day with the impassive steepness of our earlier outings.
—Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for impassive
Adjective
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His emotions know how to run the gamut from comedy to tragedy, deftly moving past his humorous nature to being more stoic when the heat gets turned up for the Blazing Trojans.—
Patrick Z. McGavin,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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Their more recent public displays of affection are a stark departure from years past, when the Prince and Princess of Wales were typically more stoic in their interactions publicly.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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Floria is a portrait of unflappable repression, the sort of level of stress that numbs the muscles in the face to be nothing other than blank.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
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Because of that match with Liverpool at Wembley, Newcastle’s fixture at Crystal Palace in Gameweek 29 is currently a blank and the fixture has been removed from the official Fantasy Premier League website.—
Abdul Rehman,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Subjects were shown pictures of two expressionless male faces over and over.—
Elizabeth Preston,
Discover Magazine,
11 Sep. 2012
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Bale ran to the corner of the pitch, and, having been an expressionless bystander for much of the evening, shouted in ecstasy.—
Hua Hsu,
The New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2022
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But Hujar is an enigmatic figure and a biographical portrayal wasn’t exactly on the cards.—
Lily Ford,
The Hollywood Reporter,
15 Feb. 2025
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Hot Milk is spare, rigorously structured but enigmatic, with a shocking ending that could fuel weeks of argument.—
Stephanie Bunbury,
Deadline,
14 Feb. 2025
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“Impassive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassive. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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