MEANING
Showing little or no outward emotion or reaction.
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Words that belong together
- impassive face
- impassive response
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Her impassive face gave no answer to the accusation.
He offered an impassive response after everyone else had spoken.
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- Base
- impassive
Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more impassive; superlative most impassive where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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