unimpressionable

adjective

Not impressionable.

Similar
reservedsteadfastunbendingaloofcooldistantfrostyhankty
Opposite
impressionable
OriginEnglish impressionable ← French impressionnable ← Latin impressiōnem →
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Meanings

adjectiveunimpressionable (comparative more unimpressionable, superlative most unimpressionable)

comparative more unimpressionable · superlative most unimpressionable

  1. Not impressionable.

    Creake, in accordance with some detail of his never-revealed plan, continued to shower missile after missile against the panes until even the unimpressionable Parkinson shivered.

    1914, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados

    Synonyms: reserved, steadfast, unbending, aloof, cool, distant, frosty, hankty

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveNot impressionable.

Similar
reservedsteadfastunbendingaloofcooldistantfrostyhanktyhard-to-getoffishquietremotestandoffishstrangethornytouch-me-not-ishunapproachableunbendingundemonstrative

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivenot sensitive or susceptible to impression

Opposite
impressionable
Also see
aloofdistantfrostyhanktyhard-to-getoffishquietstandoffishstrangetouch-me-not-ishunapproachableunbendingunconcernedundemonstrativeuninvolved

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  9. Proto-Italic*en
  10. Proto-Italic*en-
  11. Latinin-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*per-?
  13. Proto-Indo-European*pres-
  14. Proto-Italic*pres-
  15. Latinpremō
  16. Latinimprimō
  17. Latinimpressiōnem
  18. Frenchimpression
  19. Frenchimpressionner
  20. Frenchimpressionnable
  21. Englishimpressionable
  22. Englishunimpressionable

From un- + impressionable.

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APA

unimpressionable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unimpressionable

MLA

“unimpressionable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unimpressionable. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unimpressionable,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unimpressionable.

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