Meanings
comparative more unmoved · superlative most unmoved
- Not physically moved.
Synonyms: inert, motionless, at rest, dull, impassive, inanimate, lifeless, motionless
- Not affected emotionally, or not showing emotion.
About John Marin, there move sad, disgruntled beings, full of talk and lamentations. [...] They bewail the fact that in America, soil is poor and unconducive to growth, and men remain unmoved by growing green. But Marin persists, and what ebullience and good humour, in the rocky ungentle loam?
1922 April, Paul Rosenfeld, “The Water-Colours of John Marin: A Note on the Work of the First American Painter of the Day”, in John Peale Bishop, editor, Vanity Fair, volume 18, number 2, New York, N.Y.: Vanity Fair Publishing Company, →OCLC, page 48, column 2Synonyms: indifferent, unconcerned, adiaphroistic, apathetic, apathistical, blasé, blithe, deaf
- Not sympathetic; uncaring.
Historic England was unmoved by the design changes, insisting that it would "strongly object" when the plans are formally submitted in April.
2023 February 8, Paul Stephen, “Heritage group opposes Liverpool Street revisions”, in RAIL, number 976, page 261 more example
Ukraine, however, will complain long and hard about a contentious second-half incident when Marko Devic's shot clearly crossed the line before it was scrambled away by John Terry, only for the officials to remain unmoved.
2012 June 19, Phil McNulty, “England 1 – 0 Ukraine”, in BBC SportSynonyms: hardhearted, unfeeling, brutal, callous, cold, insensate, hardhanded, cold-eyed
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot physically moved.
adjectiveNot affected emotionally, or not showing emotion.
adjectiveNot sympathetic; uncaring.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivebeing in the original position; not having been moved
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishmoved
- Englishunmoved
Translations
Bulgarian безразличен
- безразличен (bezrazličen)not showing emotion
Māori whakamoroki
- whakamorokinot showing emotion
Cite this entry
unmoved. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmoved
“unmoved.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmoved. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unmoved,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unmoved.
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