Antonyms for emotionless

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ih-moh-shuh n

Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈmoʊ ʃən

Definition of emotionless

Origin : 1570s, "a (social) moving, stirring, agitation," from Middle French émotion (16c.), from Old French emouvoir "stir up" (12c.), from Latin emovere "move out, remove, agitate," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Sense of "strong feeling" is first recorded 1650s; extended to any feeling by 1808.

adj unfeeling, undemonstrative

Example sentences :

To all outward seeming, nerveless, emotionless, an abject creature.
Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana

The thin carven features of the children were emotionless, waiting.
Extract from : « Now We Are Three » by Joe L. Hensley

His face was emotionless as he looked beyond the light into the bisected shell.
Extract from : « Made in Tanganyika » by Carl Richard Jacobi

"I know," she said, ever emotionless before so much emotion.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

"And damned, I hope," she answered me in that same cold, emotionless voice.
Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini

“I told you how to argue,” he said in his emotionless voice.
Extract from : « The Crimson Tide » by Robert W. Chambers

"We were going to talk about the Space Guard," Lyla said in an emotionless tone.
Extract from : « --And Devious the Line of Duty » by Tom Godwin

The voice, thin, flat and emotionless, came through a small amplifier.
Extract from : « The Status Civilization » by Robert Sheckley

And when at last Grimm spoke, the old man's voice was as emotionless as his face.
Extract from : « The Return of Peter Grimm » by David Belasco

She delivered this for what it was worth, in an uninterested, emotionless voice.
Extract from : « IT and Other Stories » by Gouverneur Morris

Synonyms for emotionless

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