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Definitions: Passionless |
PassionlessAdjective1. Not passionate; "passionless observation of human nature". 2. Unmoved by feeling; "he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served"; "this passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine"-Margaret Deland. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "passionless" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1660. (references) |
Synonym: PassionlessSynonym: emotionless (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: passionate (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insensibility | Adjective: insensible, unconscious; impassive, impassible; blind to, deaf to, dead to; unsusceptible, insusceptible; unimpressionable, unimpressible; passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless; unfeeling, unmoral. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Passionless |
| English words defined with "passionless": Apathetical ♦ emotionless, Epictetain ♦ Platonical ♦ To give one the cold shoulder. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "passionless": Belphoebe. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Passionless Moments (1983) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Author | Quotation |
Elizabeth Barrett Browning | I tell you, hopeless grief is passionless. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | It was a grave and ordered and passionless life that awaited him, a life without material cares. |
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| "Passionless" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Passionless" is used about 22 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 22 | 74,468 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "passionless"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pa pasion, i qetë (at ease, balanced, calm, canny, collected, comfortable, comfy, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, easeful, equable, even, even-minded, halcyon, laid back, level, level headed, mild, noiseless, orderly, Pacific, peaceable, peaceful, placid, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, retired, secure, sedate, self possessed, serene, settled, silent, smooth, sober-blooded, stationary, still, stilly, tranquil, unconcern, unconcerned, uneventful, unruffled), i përmbajtur (aloof, composed, continent, controlled, cool-headed, decent, demure, discreet, even tempered, modest, restrained, sedate, self-collected, sober minded, staid, stand off, strange, temperate, unaffable, undemonstrative). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | хладен (chill, chilly, cold, cool, crisp, impersonal, inapproachable, lukewarm, tepid, unemotional, unmoved, wintry), безстрастен (apathetic, apathetical, cold-livered, dispassionate, impassible, impassive, stolid, torpid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | bez vášnì. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sans passion, détaché. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | leidenschaftslos (dispassionate, unemotional, unimpassioned). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | απαθήσ (apathetic, cool, dispassionate, impassible, impassive, stolid, unresponsive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szenvtelen (calm, cold-livered, cool, dead pan, detached, dispassionate, emotionless, immovable, impassible, unmoved). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | imperturbabile (imperturbable, stolid, unflappable), impassibile (deadpan, immovable, impassible, impassive, unmoved), calmo (calm, composed, cool, equal, even tempered, halcyon, peaceable, quiet, sedate, serene, settled, silent, silently, smooth, still, tranquil, unexcited). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | assionlesspay sem paixões, martírio (martyrdom, passion), impassível (coldlivered, cool, even, immovable, impassible, impassive, imperturbable, insentient, irresponsive, phlegmatic, plodding, stolid, unabashed, unconcerned, unmoved, unperturbed, unstirred), frio (bleak, chill, chilly, clammy, cold, cold-hearted, coldlivered, coldness, cool, devil may care, dispassionate, edge, freezing, freezing cold, frigid, frost, icerink, ill, impaste, lifeless, nipping, non-com, Parky, phlegmatic, plodder, pre-cured tread, repulsive, reserved, soulless, tack, tepid, unresponsive, unsympathetic, winterly, wintry), desapaixonado (impartial, sober minded, unbiased), calmo (calm, collected, composed, cool, cool-headed, dispassionate, Douce, even, even-minded, halcyon, half-light, impervious, irretentive, leisurely, mild, noiseless, peace loving, peaceable, peaceful, philosophical, philosophical belief, phloem, placable, placid, plodder, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, restful, sedate, self-collected, sequestered, serene, smooth, sober, sober-blooded, staid, still, stilly, tranquil, uneventful, unprovoked, unruffled, unstirred, untroubled). (various references) lipsit de pasiuni, imperturbabil (imperturbable, imperturbably, unruffled), calm (calm, calmly, calmness, collected, collectedness, composed, composure, cool, coolness, dispassionate, easily, easy, equal, equanimity, even, even tempered, evenness, genial, halcyon, lull, peace, peaceful, peacefully, phlegmatic, placid, placidity, poise, quiescent, quiet, reposeful, sedate, serene, serenity, silence, smooth, sober, sobriety, still, temper, tranquil, tranquillity, unhurried, unruffled, untroubled). (various references) бесстрастный (affectionless, cold-livered, dispassionate, dry, frigid, impassible, impassive, stolid, unemotional). (various references) hladan (algid, chill, chilled, cold, cool, raw), bez strasti (cold-livered). (various references) desapasionado (dispassionate). (various references) lidelsefri (dispassionate). (various references) kendine hakim (continent), heyecansız (lowpitched, nonchalant, unemotional, unexcited, unexciting, unimpassioned, unsensational). (various references) безпристрасний (cold-livered, frigid), байдужий (apathetic, apathetical, barren, chill, cold, cold blooded, cold-hearted, cold-livered, disinterested, frigid, half hearted, impassible, indifferent, insensible, insentient, neutral, nonchalant, unaffected, unconcerned, uninterested, unmoved). (various references) không thiết tha không nổi giận, không say sưa, không sôi nổi, không n"ng nhiệt, không n"ng n n, điềm tĩnh (calmly, composed, cool, impassive, imperturbable, placid, self-collected, settled). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "passionless": compassionless. (additional references) | |
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"Passionless" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: passionels. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "passionless" (pronounced 'Pas"sion*less'): Accentless, Actionless, Actless, Afflictionless, Ageless, Aidless, Aimless, Airless, Aisless, Ambitionless, Anchorless, Answerless, Approachless, Apronless, Armless, Artless, Assistless, Authorless, Avoidless, Awless, Awnless, Backless, Badgeless, Barkless, Baseless, Bashless, Bateless, Beaconless, Beamless, Beardless, Beautiless, Beneficeless, Birthless, Bitless, Blameless, Blemishless, Bless, Blissless, Bloodless, Bloomless, Blossomless, Blotless, Blushless, Boastless, Bodiless, Boneless, Bonnetless, Bookless, Bootless, Boteless, Bottomless, Boundless, Bournless, Bowelless, Bowless, Bractless, Bragless, Brainless, Branchless, Breadless, Breadthless, Breathless, Breezeless, Bribeless, Bridgeless, Briefless, Brimless, Browless, Bushless, Careless, Carpetless, Chaffless, Chainless, Changeless, Chapeless, Chapless, Characterless, Chargeless, Charmless, Chartless, Checkless, Cheerless, Chiefless, Christless, Churchless, Claimless, Clankless, Clawless, Clerkless, Cloudless, Cloyless, Coatless, Coffinless, Colorless, Combless, Comfortless, Companionless, Compassless, Compunctionless, Conceitless, Confineless, Conscienceless, Constabless, Contentless, Corruptless, Costless, Couchless, Countless, Craftless, Cratureless, Creedless, Crestless, Crimeless, Crownless, Cubless, Cultureless, Curbless, Curdless, Cureless, Cushionless, Dangerless, Dateless, Dauntless, Deathless, Debtless, Deceitless, Decreaseless, Deedless, Defenseless, Delightless, Denseless, Depthless, Desertless, Designless, Desireless, Devoutless, Dewless, Dimensionless, Dinnerless, Discipless, Diskless, Disputeless, Distrustless, Divorceless, Dogeless, Doorless, Dowerless, Dreamless, Driftless, Drinkless, Drossless, Ductless, Dureless, Dustless, Eagless, Earless, Easeless, Echoless, Edgeless, Effectless, Effortless, Endless, Eventless, Exampleless, Exampless, Exceptionless, Exceptless, Excuseless, Exhaustless, Expenseless, Expressionless, Extremeless, Eyeless, Fadeless, Faithless, Fameless, Fanciless, Fangless, Fashionless, Fatherless, Fathomless, Faultless, Favorless, Fearless, Featherless, Featureless, Feckless, Feetless, Fellowless, Fenceless, Fetterless, Fineless, Finiteless, Finless, Fireless, Firmless, Flameless, flawless, Fleckless, Fleeceless, Fleshless, Floorless, flowerless, foamless, Fogless, Foldless, foodless, footless, forceless, Fordless, Forkless, formless, Fortuneless, Foundationless, Fountainless, Fraudless, Freightless, frictionless, FRIENDLESS, Frightless, Fringeless, Frockless, Frontless, Frostless, Frothless, Frounceless, fruitless, Fumeless, Functionless, Funuless, futureless, Gainless, Gameless, Gardenless, Garlandless, Gateless, Gaudless, Genderless, Germless, Gestureless, Ghostless, Glebeless, godless, Goldless, Goodless, graceless, Grammarless, Grapeless, Graspless, grassless, Graveless, Griefless, groundless, Guardianless, Guardless, Guerdonless, Guideless, guileless, guiltless, Gustless, hairless, Hammer-less, handless, hapless, Harborless, harmless, Harvestless, hatless, Haveless, Hazeless, headless, Healthless, heartless, heatless, Hedgeless, heedless, Heelless, Heirless, Helmless, helpless, Herbless, Hingeless, Hireless, Hiveless, homeless, Honeyless, Honorless, Hoodless, Hoofless, hopeless, hornless, Horseless, Hostless, HOUSELESS, hueless, humorless, Humpless, Hurtless, Husbandless, Idealess, Imageless, Importless, Impressionless, Irresistless, Issueless, Itchless, Jointless, Jointureless, joyless, juiceless, Kindless, Kingless, Knightless, Knotless, Laborless, Lampless, landless, Languageless, Laughterless, lawless, leafless, Leaveless, legless, Letterless, lidless, lifeless, lightless, limbless, limitless, lipless, listless, Lockless, lossless, loveless, luckless, Lungless, Lustless, Makeless, Manageless, Maneless, Manless, Marrowless, masterless, matchless, mateless, Matterless, measureless, meatless, merciless, Mightless, mindless, mirthless, Mistrustless, Moistless, Moistureless, moneyless, moonless, motherless, motionless, motiveless, Mouthless, Moveless, Museless, Nailless, Nameless, Napless, Nathless, Natureless, Needless, nerveless, Nevertheless, Nightless, Nimbless, Noiseless, Noseless, Noteless, Numberless, Numbless, Oarless, Objectless, Odorless, Offenseless, Opposeless, Orderless, Ownerless, Painless, Paintless, Palpless, Paneless, Pangless, Parallelless, Parentless, Passless, Pastorless, Pastureless, Pathless, Patronless, Peaceless, Peerless, Penanceless. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-l-n-o-p-s-s-s-s" | |
-2 letters: sessional, soapiness. | |
-3 letters: anisoles, epsilons, opalines, painless, passions, passless, psiloses, senopias, sessions, snapless, soapless, spaniels, spanless, spinless. | |
-4 letters: alpines, anisole, asepsis, aspises, assoils, epinaos, epsilon, espanol, espials, essoins, insoles, lapises, lassies, lassoes, lesions, lessons, lioness, lipases, napless, opaline, osseins, palsies, pansies, passels, passion, pensils, pineals, pinoles, plisses, possess, salines, sanseis, sapiens, sapless, sassies, seasons, senopia, session, silanes, sinless, sonless, spaniel, spinals, spinels, spinose, splenia, splines, sponsal. | |
-5 letters: aisles, aliens, alines, aloins, alpine, anises, anoles, aslope, aspens, assess, assoil, elains, eloins, enosis, eolian, eosins, espial, essoin, insole, lanose, lapins, lapses, lasses, lassie, lassos, lesion, lesson, lianes, lipase, losses, noesis, noises, nopals, oleins, opines, opsins, ossein, paeons, panels, paseos, passel, passes, penial, pensil, pianos, pilose, pineal, pinole, pisses, plains, planes, plisse, poises, poleis, polies, ponies, posies, posses, saleps, saline, salons, sanies, sansei, sasins, sasses, season, sepals, sepias, sepsis, silane, sisals, slipes, slopes, snails, sneaps, snipes, solans, sonsie, spails, spales, speans, speils, speiss, spiels, spiles, spinal, spinel, spines, spline, spoils. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-l-n-o-p-s-s-s-s" | |
+1 letter: possessional. | |
+3 letters: compassionless. | |
+5 letters: professionalisms, subprofessionals. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 73 73 69 6F 6E 6C 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .- ... ... .. --- -. .-.. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01100001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101111 01101110 01101100 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a s s i o n l e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0073 0073 0069 006F 006E 006C 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5067858575818078718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Rhymes 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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