Meaning & Definition of Impassive in English

1. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility

• Not easily aroused or excited

• "Her impassive remoteness"

• "He remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- nordhoff & hall

• "A silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-virginia woolf

• "Her face showed nothing but stolid indifference"

2. Deliberately impassive in manner

• "Deadpan humor"

• "His face remained expressionless as the verdict was read"