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impassive.

Adjective
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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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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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