passionless

passionless
adjective see passion

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • Passionless — Pas sion*less, a. Void of passion; without anger or emotion; not easily excited; calm. Self contained and passionless. Tennyson. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • passionless — index cold blooded, controlled (restrained), dispassionate, languid, lifeless (dull), nonchalant …   Law dictionary

  • passionless — [pash′ənlis] adj. free from passion or emotion; impassive; calm passionlessly adv …   English World dictionary

  • passionless — [[t]pæ̱ʃ(ə)nləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you describe someone or something as passionless, you mean that they do not have or show strong feelings. ...a passionless academic. ...their late and apparently passionless marriage. Ant: passionate …   English dictionary

  • passionless — adjective 1. not passionate passionless observation of human nature • Ant: ↑passionate • Similar to: ↑platonic, ↑unimpassioned • See Also: ↑cold, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • passionless — adjective Lacking in passion. The lecturer had a cold, passionless approach towards his subject …   Wiktionary

  • passionless — pass|ion|less [ˈpæʃənləs] adj with no strong feelings of love ▪ a dull, passionless marriage …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • passionless — adjective a room full of passionless faces Syn: unemotional, cold, cold blooded, emotionless, frigid, cool, unfeeling, unloving, unresponsive, undemonstrative, impassive …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • passionless — passion ► NOUN 1) very strong emotion. 2) intense sexual love. 3) an outburst of very strong emotion. 4) an intense enthusiasm for something. 4) (the Passion) the suffering and death of Jesus. DERIVATIVES passionless …   English terms dictionary

  • passionless — passionlessly, adv. passionlessness, n. /pash euhn lis/, adj. not feeling or moved by passion; cold or unemotional; calm or detached. [1605 15; PASSION + LESS] * * * …   Universalium

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