impassive
adjUS, UK /ɪmˈpæsɪv/
Etymology From im- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + passive (“which is, or is capable of being, acted on; (obsolete) which suffers, or may suffer, pain, death, etc.”, adjective).
1
Having, or revealing, no emotion.
- It was a victory that clearly meant so much to Van Gaal as the normally impassive manager raced from his seat in the technical area to celebrate Lingard's winner.2016 May 22, Phil McNulty, “Crystal Palace 1-2 Manchester United”, in BBC:
2
Still or motionless.
- Derived terms
- impassively, impassiveness, impassivity, unimpassive
- Related terms
- passive, impassible, impatient