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say it: im-PAS-iv
impassive is an adjective meaning "having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited". It carries 2 recorded senses.
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”
“a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course”
“her face showed nothing but stolid indifference”
deliberately impassive in manner
“deadpan humor”
“his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for impassive come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.