1
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
Adjective
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Going to Naples with a ‘blank canvas’ Styler has long had a relationship with Italy, having acted in three films in the country in the 1980s and giving birth to her third child, Eliot, in Pisa in 1990.—
Lucy Handley,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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Fraser’s doofus-y blank face essentially requires his co-stars to do all the work and, uh … ain’t no way Ford’s working that hard.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
18 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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Despite its enigmatic nature, Rafflesia species have long been used for medicinal purposes by Indigenous Peoples and, more recently, as a source of revenue generated by ecotourism.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
26 Feb. 2025
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Presiding over this enigmatic establishment is La Flaca, the city’s Grim Reaper, who challenges patrons to gamble years of their lives in hopes of altering their destinies.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Impassive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impassive. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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