Definition of Passionless

1. Adjective. Not passionate. "Passionless observation of human nature"


2. Adjective. Unmoved by feeling. "This passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine"
Exact synonyms: Emotionless
Similar to: Cold
Derivative terms: Emotionlessness, Emotionlessness

Definition of Passionless

1. a. Void of passion; without anger or emotion; not easily excited; calm.

Definition of Passionless

1. Adjective. Lacking in passion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Passionless

1. [adj]

Literary usage of Passionless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Golden Treasury by Francis Turner Palgrave (1902)
"A. O'Shaughnessy That only men incredulous of despair, I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless— Half-taught in anguish, through the midnight air, ..."

2. Pen Sketches: Streets of Cairo, Sphinx and Pyramids, Bedouin Wedding by Finley Acker (1899)
"In its calm and sublime dignity, it seems to represent Inexorable, Passionless, Eternal Fate; supremely indifferent to the rise and fall of successive ..."

3. Practicable Socialism: Essays on Social Reform by Barnett, Samuel Augustus Barnett, Henrietta Octavia Rowland Barnett (1894)
"... PRACTICABLE SOCIALISM Passionless REFORMERS ' THE mention of the poor brings up to most people's minds scenes of suffering, want, and misery. ..."

4. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1854)
"... Passionless MEN, AND BAD-TEMPERED MEN. ВГ EP ROWSELL, ESQ. But this murderous intention does not last long. Half a moment passed, and the smile returns ..."

5. Catalogue of an Exhibition of Original and Early Editions of Italian Books by Grolier Club, Wellesley College Library, Joseph Martini, Francis Marion Crawford (1902)
"As a man, he appears sublimed by study and suffering into an incarnation of pure intellect, passionless, except in his zeal for truth and freedom and his ..."

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