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[ pash-uhn-lis ] / ˈpæʃ ən lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR passionless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivenot feeling or moved by passion; cold or unemotional; calm or detached. Origin of passionlessFirst recorded in 1605–15; passion + -less OTHER WORDS FROM passionlesspas·sion·less·ly, adverbpas·sion·less·ness, nounWords nearby passionlesspassionate, Passion cross, passionflower, passionfruit, Passionist, passionless, passion pit, passion play, Passion Sunday, Passiontide, Passion Week Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for passionlessIt feels tired and passionless, despite the presence of much skin throughout. TV Preview: Snap Judgments of 2012-13’s New Shows|Jace Lacob, Maria Elena Fernandez|June 12, 2012|DAILY BEAST For those who think of Romney as a passionless man, you have to read the story of the courtship of his wife Ann. Passionless Mitt?|David Frum|January 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST I think Juliet has always believed in passionless, blood full violence. Elizabeth Mitchell: The Lost Interview|Kara Cutruzzula|February 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST Was he one of those cold and passionless men upon whom no woman ever exerts an intense influence? The Harbor of Doubt|Frank Williams
"I hear the command, and it shall be done," answered the Ka in its cold, passionless voice. Morning Star|H. Rider Haggard The dream was passionless, disconnected, and unintelligible. Dream Psychology|Sigmund Freud One might even gather that he was a passionless singer with his head in the moon. Old and New Masters|Robert Lynd Coxcomb as I was, I knew well how passionless was the interest expressed for me. Pelham, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
British Dictionary definitions for passionless
adjectiveempty of emotion or feelinga passionless marriage calm and detached; dispassionate Derived forms of passionlesspassionlessly, adverbpassionlessness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to passionlessaloof, austere, chilly, cold, cold-hearted, cool, forbidding, formal, frosty, icy, impotent, indifferent, inhibited, lifeless, passive, repellent, rigid, stiff, unapproachable, unbending |