impassiveadjective
uk/ɪmˈpæs.ɪv/us/ɪmˈpæs.ɪv/If someone's face is impassive, it expresses no emotion, because the person seems not to be affected by the situation they are experiencing.
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Not showing or feeling emotions
- anodyne
- belie
- bite
- bite your lip idiom
- clinically
- detachment
- emptiness
- evenly
- expressionless
- glaze
- hard-bitten
- icy
- immune
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stiff upper lip
- stoic
- stoicism
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impassively
adverb uk/ɪmˈpæs.ɪv.li/us/ɪmˈpæs.ɪv.li/
The defendant sat impassively in the dock while evidence was given against him.
impassivity
noun [ U ] uk/ˌɪm.pæsˈɪv.ə.ti/us/ˌɪm.pæsˈɪv.ə.t̬i/