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Impassive vs Disdainful - What's the difference?

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Impassive is a related term of disdainful.


As adjectives the difference between impassive and disdainful

is that impassive is having, or revealing, no emotion while disdainful is showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.

impassive

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Having, or revealing, no emotion.
  • Still or motionless.

    • Synonyms

    * apathetic, phlegmatic

    disdainful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing contempt or scorn; having a pronounced lack of concern for others viewed as unworthy.
    • He was disdainful of those he thought of as the little people. He openly sneered at them. They mocked him behind his back.
    She glimpsed at the people whom she had left behind, and smirked in the most disdainful manner towards them.

    Synonyms

    * despising, scornful, contemptuous

    Antonyms

    * respectful

    Derived terms

    * disdainfully