Meaning & use

emotionless

adjective·Academic

Showing no feeling or emotion; unable or unwilling to express feelings.

See it in a sentence

The witness gave an emotionless account of the accident, as if reciting facts from memory.

His emotionless expression made it impossible to tell whether he agreed.

A note on using this word

Emotionless can describe a temporary reaction or a general personality trait, unlike 'stoic', which implies deliberate self-control.

Words with a similar meaning

impassiveunfeelingstoic

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Words with an opposite meaning

emotionalexpressive

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