Impassibleness

Impassibleness
Impassibleness Im*pas"si*ble*ness, n. Impassibility. [1913 Webster]

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  • impassibleness — See impassibility. * * * …   Universalium

  • impassibleness — impassibilˈity or impassˈibleness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑impassible …   Useful english dictionary

  • impassible — impassibility, impassibleness, n. impassibly, adv. /im pas euh beuhl/, adj. 1. incapable of suffering pain. 2. incapable of suffering harm. 3. incapable of emotion; impassive. [1300 50; ME < LL impassibilis. See IM 2, PASSIBLE] * * * …   Universalium

  • insensibility — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of physical or emotional feeling Nouns 1. (physical numbness) insensibility, insensibleness; impassibility, impassibleness, impassivity; inappetency, apathy, phlegm, dullness, hebetude, supineness,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Insensibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Insensibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 insensibility insensibility insensibleness Sgm: N 1 moral insensibility moral insensibility Sgm: N 1 inertness inertness inertia Sgm: N 1 vis inertiae vis inertiae Sgm: N 1… …   English dictionary for students

  • indifference — n 1. apathy, disinterest, disinterestedness, uninterestedness, unconcern, lack of interest or concern, aloofness, distantness, insouciance; nonchalance, pococurantism, lukewarmness, lukewarmth, coolness, frigidness, frigidity; impassiveness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • insensibility — n 1. unconsciousness, insentience, insensitiveness, insensitivity; coma, stupor, narcosis, anesthetization, hypnosis. 2. imperviousness, hardness, callousness, toughness, cold bloodedness, ruthlessness; apathy, coolness, pas sionlessness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • listlessness — n 1. languor, languidness, lassitude, ennui, Inf. the blahs; phlegmaticness, lethargy, sluggishness, fatigue, weariness, enervation; hebetude, heaviness, phlegm, leadenness, drowsiness, sleepiness, (in the Middle East) kef; lackadaisicalness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • numbness — n 1. unconsciousness, insentience, insensibility, insensitiveness, insensitivity; stupor, narcosis, anesthetization, hypnosis, paralysis; shock, dazedness, confusion. 2. inattentiveness, absent mindedness, indifference, insouciance, nonchalance;… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • impassible — /ɪmˈpæsəbəl/ (say im pasuhbuhl) adjective 1. incapable of suffering pain. 2. incapable of suffering harm. 3. incapable of emotion; impassive. {Late Latin impassibilis. See im 2, passible} –impassibility /ɪmˌpasəˈbɪləti/ (say im.pahsuh biluhtee),… …  

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