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Impassive vs Dour - What's the difference?

impassive | dour | Synonyms |

Impassive is a synonym of dour.


As adjectives the difference between impassive and dour

is that impassive is having, or revealing, no emotion while dour is stern, harsh and forbidding.

impassive

English

Adjective

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

    • Synonyms

    * apathetic, phlegmatic

    dour

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • Stern, harsh and forbidding.
  • Unyielding and obstinate.
  • Expressing gloom or melancholy; sullenly unhappy.

    • Synonyms

    * forbidding, harsh, severe, stern * (unyielding) obstinate, stubborn, unyielding * (expressing gloom) dejected, gloomy, melancholic, sullen

    Derived terms

    * dourly * dourness