Meanings
comparative more passionless · superlative most passionless
- Lacking in passion.
Summer is the most passionless season to me.
2 more examples
The lecturer had a cold, passionless approach towards his subject.
Polite and passionless, a relic of a faded gentility.
1974 February 2, Michael Bronski, “If You Believe in Fairies...”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 16Antonyms: passionful
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveLacking in passion.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveunmoved by feeling
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*peh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ph₁tós
- Proto-Italic*patosder.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pet-der.?
- Latinpatior
- Latinpassiō
- Old Englishpassion
- Latinpassiō
- Old Frenchpassion
- Middle Englishpassioun
- Englishpassion
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishpassionless
Translations
Bulgarian безстрастен
- безстрастен (bezstrasten)Translations
Finnish intohimoton, innoton
- intohimotonTranslations
- innotonTranslations
Hungarian szenvedélytelen
- szenvedélytelenTranslations
Polish beznamiętny
- beznamiętnyTranslations
Russian бесстра́стный
- бесстра́стный (besstrástnyj)Translations
Ukrainian безпри́страсний
- безпри́страсний (bezprýstrasnyj)Translations
Cite this entry
passionless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passionless
“passionless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passionless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “passionless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/passionless.
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