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Word Meanings - IMPASSIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. Impassive as the marble in the quarry. De Quincey. On the impassive ice the lightings play. Pope. -- Im*pas"sive*ly, adv. -- Im*pas"sive*ness, n.

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  • INSENSIBLENESS
    Insensibility. Bp. Hall.
  • INDIFFERENTLY
    In an indifferent manner; without distinction or preference; impartially; without concern, wish, affection, or aversion; tolerably; passably. That they may truly and indifferently minister justice, to the punishment of wickedness and vice, and to
  • IMPASSIVE
    Not susceptible of pain or suffering; apathetic; impassible; unmoved. Impassive as the marble in the quarry. De Quincey. On the impassive ice the lightings play. Pope. -- Im*pas"sive*ly, adv. -- Im*pas"sive*ness, n.
  • APATHETICALLY
    In an apathetic manner.
  • FRIGIDARIUM
    The cooling room of the Roman thermæ, furnished with a cold bath.
  • INSENSIBLE
    1. Destitute of the power of feeling or perceiving; wanting bodily sensibility. Milton. 2. Not susceptible of emotion or passion; void of feeling; apathetic; unconcerned; indifferent; as, insensible to danger, fear, love, etc.; -- often used with
  • FRIGIDITY
    1. The condition or quality of being frigid; coldness; want of warmth. Ice is water congealed by the frigidity of the air. Sir T. Browne. 2. Want of ardor, animation, vivacity, etc.; coldness of affection or of manner; dullness; stiffness
  • APATHETIC; APATHETICAL
    Void of feeling; not susceptible of deep emotion; passionless; indifferent.
  • FRIGIDNESS
    The state of being frigid; want of heat, vigor, or affection; coldness; dullness.
  • INDIFFERENTIST
    One governed by indifferentism.
  • INSENSITIVE
    Not sensitive; wanting sensation, or wanting acute sensibility. Tillotson. Ruskin.
  • FRIGIDLY
    In a frigid manner; coldly; dully; without affection.
  • FRIGID
    1. Cold; wanting heat or warmth; of low temperature; as, a frigid climate. 2. Wanting warmth, fervor, ardor, fire, vivacity, etc.; unfeeling; forbidding in manner; dull and unanimated; stiff and formal; as, a frigid constitution; a frigid style;
  • INDIFFERENT
    Free from bias or prejudice; impartial; unbiased; disinterested. In choice of committees for ripening business for the counsel, it is better indifferent persons than to make an indifferency by putting in those that are strong on both sides. Bacon.
  • INDIFFERENTISM
    See IDENTISM (more info) 1. State of indifference; want of interest or earnestness; especially, a systematic apathy regarding what is true or false in religion or philosophy; agnosticism. The indifferentism
  • UNFEELING
    1. Destitute of feeling; void of sensibility; insensible; insensate. 2. Without kind feelings; cruel; hard-hearted. To each his sufferings: all are men, Condemned alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Gray. --
  • INFRIGIDATE
    To chill; to make cold; to cool. Boyle.
  • INFRIGIDATION
    The act of chilling or causing to become cold; a chilling; coldness; congelation. Boyle.
  • STOIC; STOICAL
    1. Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines. 2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain. -- Sto"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Sto"ic*al*ness, n.

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