passionless

adjective

Definition of passionlessnext
as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion the passionless prose of the divorce papers gave little hint of the bitter feelings that accompanied the end of their marriage

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  1. stoic
  2. emotionless
  3. bland
Adjective
  • Gladstone has come to specialize in playing close-to-the-vest types, women who can be secretive and watchful but are hardly stoic or repressed.
    Dana Stevens, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Weekly Newsletter In place of a stoic effort to avoid the influence of emotion, thirteenth-century thinkers including Thomas Aquinas sought to use reason to direct the passions correctly, turning them into tools for self-improvement.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of stoic
Adjective
  • The series cited, among other things, Burke's seemingly emotionless demeanor during police questioning, which legal analyst Scott Robinson and the Boulder Police both told PEOPLE was not evidence whatsoever of his guilt.
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 26 Nov. 2024
  • Hilariously, one of the trailers hints at a possible flirtation between Peter and Gillan’s seemingly emotionless killer Nebula.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2023
Definition of emotionless
Adjective
  • The answer is quite simple but hardly not satisfying: His players are bland.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • My only real complaint is that, apart from the weapons, the mecha looked like they were designed by a committee and were a bit bland.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of bland
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Thesaurus Entries Near passionless

passionateness

passionless

passions

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