emotionless
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Lacking emotion; not showing or feeling any emotion: Describes a person, expression, or demeanor that is devoid of emotional display or response.
- Impassive, unemotional: Characterized by a calm, detached, or indifferent state without visible feelings.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- His face remained completely emotionless during the entire trial.
- She gave an emotionless performance, reciting the lines without any feeling.
- The detective's emotionless questioning made the suspect nervous.
Advanced Usage
- "To remain/become emotionless": To stay or turn into a state without showing emotion.
- Despite the shocking news, he forced himself to remain emotionless.
- "Emotionless objectivity": A state of impartial judgment completely free from emotional influence.
- The scientist prized emotionless objectivity in her research.
Variants and Related Words
- Emotionlessly (adverb): In an emotionless manner.
- He stated the facts emotionlessly.
- Emotionlessness (noun): The state or quality of being emotionless.
- Her emotionlessness was mistaken for coldness.
Synonyms
- Impassive: Not feeling or showing emotion.
- Stoic: Enduring pain or hardship without showing feelings or complaining.
- Apathetic: Showing or feeling no interest, enthusiasm, or concern.
- Deadpan: Deliberately impassive or expressionless.
Antonyms
- Emotional: Characterized by intense feeling.
- Expressive: Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
- Passionate: Showing or caused by strong feelings or a strong belief.
Related Phrases/Idioms
- A poker face: An impassive expression that hides one's true feelings.
- You need a poker face to play that game well.
- To keep a stiff upper lip: To remain resolute and unemotional in the face of adversity.
- He kept a stiff upper lip during the crisis.
Adjective
- unmoved by feeling
- he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served
- this passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine-Margaret Deland