Meanings
comparative more emotionless · superlative most emotionless
- Lacking emotion.
Overhanging her precarious body was a jaundiced face whose skin resembled a sheet of parchment paper punctured by two emotionless eyes.
2001, Dan Brown, Deception Point, →ISBN, page 721 more example
“I'd admit the past & monsterize myself in the eyes of the jury,” he wrote. “I would try to be emotionless, to add credibility to that monsterization.
2006, Michael Finkel, True Story: Murder, Memoir, Mea CulpaSynonyms: alexithymic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLacking emotion.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveunmoved by feeling
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
- Proto-Italic*eks
- Latinex
- Latinex-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
- Proto-Italic*moweō
- Latinmoveō
- Latinēmoveō
- Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
- Old Frenchesmovoir
- Middle Frenchesmouvoir
- Middle Frenchemotion
- Englishemotion
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishemotionless
Translations
Ancient Greek ἀπαθής
- ἀπαθής (apathḗs)lacking emotion
Bulgarian студе́н
- студе́н (studén)lacking emotion
Dutch emotieloos
- emotielooslacking emotion
Finnish tunteeton
- tunteetonlacking emotion
German unbewegt, gefühllos
- unbewegtlacking emotion
- gefühlloslacking emotion
- emotionsloslacking emotion
Hindi भावहीन
- भावहीन (bhāvhīn)lacking emotion
Polish beznamiętny, bezuczuciowy
- beznamiętnylacking emotion
- bezuczuciowylacking emotion
Romanian fără emoții
- fără emoțiilacking emotion
Swedish känslolös
- känslolöslacking emotion
Turkish duygusuz, hissiz
- duygusuzlacking emotion
- hissizlacking emotion
Ukrainian беземоці́йний
- беземоці́йний (bezemocíjnyj)lacking emotion
Cite this entry
emotionless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionless
“emotionless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “emotionless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/emotionless.
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