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Definition of impassive in English: impassiveadjective ɪmˈpasɪvɪmˈpæsɪv Not feeling or showing emotion. Example sentencesExamples - This obsession has made me so eccentric that I've become rather impassive towards what others are up to.
- His expression was impassive and I tried not to wilt under the searching gaze of those deep brown eyes.
- He had an impassive expression, as if he had been expecting this all along.
- All I could do was sit back and watch as they made what sounded like haikus behind impassive masks and continually struck awkward poses.
- Their faces are impassive; their beaks look ready to tear you to shreds.
- It is an impassive reversal of the expected hospital-drama roles to which the movie attaches no overt irony.
- Green looked impassive when the judge handed down his guilty verdict.
- Tony went on to captain the school team, a sense of command obvious in the impassive determination of his set jaw and squared teenage shoulders.
- He was not the calm, impassive, almost marble-like man that he pretended to be.
- He was ashen-faced but impassive as the verdicts were brought in.
- While listening to the evidence, he often joined his hands together above his lap as though in prayer, but remained impassive.
- He remains utterly impassive when an entire audience is booing him behind his back.
- The former underwear model said nothing and was impassive as she was hustled into a police vehicle with bars on the windows.
- She turns round, puzzled but incurious at the noise, as impassive as livestock.
- I was about as confused as him, but I didn't let it show, keeping an impassive expression plastered to my face.
- The statements and inferences made were aggravated by a large photograph of an impassive young woman pointing a shotgun into the lens.
- They sat, impassive, beside me while I watched the news from Russia.
- The farmer, dressed in smart blazer and floral tie, remained impassive as the verdicts and sentences were read out.
- He was impassive throughout the victims' testimonies and the verdicts.
- Have you ever tried having a conversation with someone who remained completely impassive, cold, silent?
Synonyms expressionless, unexpressive, inexpressive, inscrutable, blank, deadpan, poker-faced, straight-faced, dispassionate stony, wooden, unresponsive empty, vacant, glazed, fixed, lifeless
Derivatives adverb ɪmˈpasɪvliɪmˈpæsəvli Our chests heave with the exertion of the last few minutes; from his little booth, an armed guard looks out at us impassively. Example sentencesExamples - The squirrel is up on its front legs, and is staring at us impassively.
- He studied me impassively and I couldn't help a triumphant smile.
- One of the chaps looks up, notices the scrutiny, and takes in the gaze impassively.
- Groups gathered impassively in the road, among the gridlocked traffic, listening through open windows to car radios.
- But on this occasion the police stared back impassively.
- I looked at him impassively for about five or ten seconds and then moved into a seat to my right that someone had just vacated.
- The other mannequins, the kind we find looking out impassively from shop windows, however, do not seem to have much of a life.
- The cold, round meal tray is impassively in front, with two bowls and two pairs of chopsticks placed in their proper places.
- But he sat silently and impassively during the demands for an emergency debate on an issue that is clearly splitting Anglican legislators.
- She sat down at the table behind me and listened impassively to most of the proceedings.
- He glowered once at the band members (who shut up instantly) and turned to face the audience impassively, arms folded.
- She sat impassively in the dock when the verdicts were returned at Preston Crown Court yesterday but some of her relatives broke down in the public gallery.
- When the ‘Lion’ charged him, he stood his ground and stared it in the face impassively.
- His tendons were twanging like broken guitar strings but he just looked at me impassively like I was reading his palm.
- Her emerald eyes watched he and their daughter impassively.
- The singer delivers them impassively, although occasionally I think I see a hint of a laugh about her lips.
- He stared impassively at the boy, just about level with him.
- They eyed us impassively, betraying no emotion, but we could tell they were alert to our presence as soon as we walked in.
- One thing about the fact that I did not understand the words and the actions meant that I was trying to look at the proceedings as impassively as I could.
noun ɪmˈpasɪvnəsɪmˈpæsɪvnəs This impassiveness or removal presents dilemma and difficulty when immediacy and accessibility has been anticipated. Example sentencesExamples - He displays an impassiveness throughout the book in his reactions to the people and events described in the book.
- Jen noticed the sharp intake of breath Michael took when he realized she was standing next to him; his entire body tensed up and a look of impassiveness took over his face.
- Mirrored on the inside face, with etched glass on the exterior, the 20 mm thick panels reflect the changing light and climatic conditions, creating a sense of calm impassiveness and slight mystery.
- I tried to keep my face a mask a perfect impassiveness, as he always did, but I knew I looked desperately hopeful.
noun ɪmpaˈsɪvɪtiɪmpæˈsɪvədi This makes it difficult to see their expressions, though from what I can tell a determined non-expression - a stoic impassivity - is the norm. Example sentencesExamples - Two of these monkeys return the viewer's gaze, as if to offer a mild rebuke to an act of uninvited voyeurism, even as they also register an impassivity that suggests theatergoers waiting for an intermission to end.
- The learner, seated alongside him, begs him to stop, but with robotic impassivity, he continues the procedure…
- Her controlled impassivity harbored an emotional intensity, a quality of pent-up fire and feeling, a volcanic reservoir of desire or ambition.
- Earlier work in this survey provides signals of what's to come, with people revealing themselves inadvertently just when they think they're best protected, by irony or by the most determined impassivity.
Definition of impassive in US English: impassiveadjectiveimˈpasivɪmˈpæsɪv Not feeling or showing emotion. impassive passersby ignore the performers Example sentencesExamples - Have you ever tried having a conversation with someone who remained completely impassive, cold, silent?
- He was impassive throughout the victims' testimonies and the verdicts.
- I was about as confused as him, but I didn't let it show, keeping an impassive expression plastered to my face.
- Their faces are impassive; their beaks look ready to tear you to shreds.
- Tony went on to captain the school team, a sense of command obvious in the impassive determination of his set jaw and squared teenage shoulders.
- The statements and inferences made were aggravated by a large photograph of an impassive young woman pointing a shotgun into the lens.
- His expression was impassive and I tried not to wilt under the searching gaze of those deep brown eyes.
- The farmer, dressed in smart blazer and floral tie, remained impassive as the verdicts and sentences were read out.
- This obsession has made me so eccentric that I've become rather impassive towards what others are up to.
- He remains utterly impassive when an entire audience is booing him behind his back.
- He was ashen-faced but impassive as the verdicts were brought in.
- He had an impassive expression, as if he had been expecting this all along.
- The former underwear model said nothing and was impassive as she was hustled into a police vehicle with bars on the windows.
- It is an impassive reversal of the expected hospital-drama roles to which the movie attaches no overt irony.
- He was not the calm, impassive, almost marble-like man that he pretended to be.
- All I could do was sit back and watch as they made what sounded like haikus behind impassive masks and continually struck awkward poses.
- They sat, impassive, beside me while I watched the news from Russia.
- While listening to the evidence, he often joined his hands together above his lap as though in prayer, but remained impassive.
- Green looked impassive when the judge handed down his guilty verdict.
- She turns round, puzzled but incurious at the noise, as impassive as livestock.
Synonyms expressionless, unexpressive, inexpressive, inscrutable, blank, deadpan, poker-faced, straight-faced, dispassionate
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