English Explanatory Dictionary

impassible

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Unable to feel emotion; impassive.
  2. Incapable of suffering detriment or injury.
  3. Unable to suffer, or feel pain.
  4. Misspelling of impassable.

Pronunciation

/ɪmˈpasɪbəl/ en-us-impassible.ogg

Word forms

impassible more impassible most impassible

Etymology

From Old French impassible.

Synonyms

emotionless unfeeling alexithymic apathistical clinical dull phlegmatic cold-blooded cold-hearted dead inside dispassionate immovable impassible impassive insensible nonemotional nonfeeling nonpassionate nonsentimental stolid unemotional unmovable unpassionate unsentimental

Related words

passible impassive impatient

Derived words

impassibility impassibleness impassibly
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