Meanings
comparative more impassible · superlative most impassible
- Unable to feel emotion; impassive.
Synonyms: emotionless, unfeeling, alexithymic, apathistical, clinical, dull, phlegmatic, cold-blooded
- Incapable of suffering detriment or injury.
[W]e say it is unreasonable, that this [the bread or host of the Eucharist] should be changed into flesh, […] into that body of Christ, which is in heaven; he remaining there, and being whole and impassible, and unfrangible, this, we say, is unreasonable and impossible: […]
1653 (indicated as 1654), “The Real Presence and Spiritual of Christ in the Blessed Sacrament, Proved against the Doctrine of Transubstantiation. Section XI. The Doctrine of Transubstantiation is Wholly Without, and against, Reason.”, in Reginald Heber, editor, The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor, D.D. […], volume X, London: Ogle, Duncan, and Co. […]; and Richard Priestley, […], published 1822, →OCLC, paragraph 5, page 21 - lifestyleUnable to suffer, or feel pain.
- misspellingMisspelling of impassable.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveUnable to feel emotion; impassive.
Origin
- Old Frenchimpassible
- Englishimpassible
From Old French impassible.
More words from Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian безчувствен, нечувствителен
- безчувствен (bezčuvstven)unable to feel emotion
- нечувствителенunable to suffer, or feel pain
Catalan impassible
- impassibleunable to feel emotion
French impassible
- impassibleunable to feel emotion
Italian impassibile
- impassibileunable to feel emotion
Portuguese impassível
- impassívelunable to feel emotion
Spanish impasible
- impasibleunable to feel emotion
Cite this entry
impassible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/impassible
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