adj
Meaning 1
Lacking emotion.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
emotionless
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adjective satellite
Meaning 2
unmoved by feeling-Margaret Deland
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served
- this passionless girl was like an icicle in the sunshine
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: passionless
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵh Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h1éǵhs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *m(y)ewh1- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *m(y)owh1éyetider. Proto-Italic *moweō Latin moveō Latin ēmoveō Vulgar Latin *exmovēre Old French esmovoir Middle French esmouvoir Middle French emotionbor. English emotion Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English emotionless From emotion + -less.
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: студе́н (studén) — lacking emotion
- Dutch: emotieloos — lacking emotion
- Finnish: tunteeton — lacking emotion
- Galician: desapaixonado — lacking emotion
- Galician: impasíbel — lacking emotion
- Galician: impertérrito — lacking emotion
- German: unbewegt — lacking emotion
- German: gefühllos — lacking emotion
- German: emotionslos — lacking emotion
- Ancient Greek: ἀπαθής (apathḗs) — lacking emotion
- Hindi: भावहीन (bhāvhīn) — lacking emotion
- Polish: beznamiętny — lacking emotion
- Polish: bezuczuciowy — lacking emotion
- Romanian: fără emoții — lacking emotion
- Slovene: brezčustven — lacking emotion
- Swedish: känslolös — lacking emotion
- Turkish: duygusuz — lacking emotion
- Turkish: hissiz — lacking emotion
- Ukrainian: беземоці́йний (bezemocíjnyj) — lacking emotion
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