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must feel them and act accordingly. — Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol.
150, February 23, 1916;
• (detached)- impartial or objective; disinterested; unbiased, ( ;
; ); He was neither generous nor acquisitive; he was detached,
and always rather apt to put his little possessions away and to forget about
them. — Hugh Memoirs of a Brother (secondary meaning);
apathetic > apathy = phlegm = indifference = numbness
• (apathy)- absence or suppression of passion, emotion, or excitement,
( , Nothing but your own apathy,
your feeble and limited desire, limits this realisation. — Practical Mysticism A
Little Book for Normal People;
• (phlegm)- sluggishness, indifference, or apathy,( /
, );
• the thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through
the mouth, esp. that occurring in the lungs and throat passages, as during a
cold, ( );
• (indifference)- lack of interest or concern, mediocre ( ,
),( , , , ); His slowness was partly
assumed; his indifference was a mere habit. — The Slave of the Lamp;
• (numbness)- deprived of physical sensation or the ability to move; He spoke
with neither courage nor despair but a kind of numbness. — A Funeral In
Blue;
deadpan = wooden = poker-faced = straight-faced
• (deadpan)- displaying no emotional or personal involvement: a deadpan
style, ( , , ); He is best
known for his deadpan style of curmudgeonly comedy;
• (wooden)- without spirit, animation, or awareness; What a terrible piece
of wooden-headed history was the effort to force Denmark to break her
neutrality or make war on her! — Drake Nelson and Napoleon;
• (poker-faced)- an expressionless face; The driver squatted behind the wheel
with a poker-faced expression. — Spoor of the Antis;
• (straight-faced)- a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's
true feelings about something, esp. a desire to laugh; "You are a dangerous
mage," Lyasa said, almost straight-faced. — Colors of Chaos;
insouciant = indifferent = nonchalant = casual ~ unconcerned ~ blithe : blasé
• (insouciant)- free from concern, worry, or anxiety; carefree;
nonchalant,( ; ; ); Mark Twain's fun was light-hearted
and insouciant, his pathos genuine and profound. — Mark Twain;