dispassionate
1Dispassionate — Dis*pas sion*ate, a. 1. Free from passion; not warped, prejudiced, swerved, or carried away by passion or feeling; judicial; calm; composed. [1913 Webster] Wise and dispassionate men. Clarendon. [1913 Webster] 2. Not dictated by passion; not… …
2dispassionate — I adjective aloof, ascetic, blase, calm, calme, cold, cold blooded, cold hearted, collected, composed, controlled, cool headed, detached, disengaged, disinterested, even handed, even tempered, fair, heartless, immovable, impartial, impassive,… …
3dispassionate — 1590s, from dis the opposite of (see DIS (Cf. dis )) + PASSIONATE (Cf. passionate). Related: Dispassionately …
4dispassionate — unbiased, impartial, objective, uncolored, *fair, just, equitable Analogous words: disinterested, detached, aloof, *indifferent: *cool, collected, composed: candid, open, *frank Antonyms: passionate: intemperate …
5dispassionate — [adj] unfeeling, impartial abstract, aloof, calm, candid, cold blooded, cold fish*, collected, composed, cool, cool cat*, couldn’t care less*, detached, disinterested, fair, iceberg*, impersonal, imperturbable, indifferent, judicial, just, laid… …
6dispassionate — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not influenced by strong emotion; rational and impartial. DERIVATIVES dispassion noun dispassionately adverb …
7dispassionate — [dis pash′ə nət] adj. free from passion, emotion, or bias; calm; impartial SYN. FAIR1 dispassion n. dispassionately adv …
8dispassionate — [[t]dɪ̱spæ̱ʃənət[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is dispassionate is calm and reasonable, and not affected by emotions. We, as prosecutors, try to be dispassionate about the cases we bring... He spoke in the flat, dispassionate tone of a lecturer.… …
9dispassionate — adjective Date: 1594 not influenced by strong feeling; especially not affected by personal or emotional involvement < a dispassionate critic > < a dispassionate approach to an issue > Synonyms: see fair • dispassionately …
10dispassionate — adjective 1) a calm, dispassionate manner Syn: unemotional, emotionless, impassive, cool, calm, calm, cool, and collected , unruffled, unperturbed, composed, self possessed, self controlled, unexcitable; informal laid back Ant …
