affectless
Showing no feeling
Affectless describes someone showing no emotion or feeling—a flat, unresponsive demeanor.
The term appears most often in psychological contexts, describing patients who display no emotional reaction: The patient remained affectless throughout the interview.
It can also characterize deliberately neutral artistic or literary styles that avoid emotional appeal.
Without marks or content
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- expressionlessShowing no feeling
- inexpressiveLacking outward emotional display
wooden · flat · stone-faced · vacant · empty · poker-faced · glazed · unreadable
Separated from a source
- numbLacking physical sensation
- dispassionateFree from emotional involvement
- aloofEmotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- removedTaken from position
distant · withdrawn · uninvolved · dissociated · remote · impersonal · clinical · objective
Inability to feel enjoyment
- bluntedMade less sharp
- depersonalizedMade impersonal or anonymous
- schizoidEmotionally detached personality type
- dissociativeCharacterized by mental detachment
catatonic · psychopathic · sociopathic · numbed · traumatized · shutdown · depressed · medicated
Lacking interest or concern
- unconcernedFeeling no worry
- uninterestedLacking curiosity or concern
- uncaringLacking emotional concern
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
listless · passive · spiritless · lethargic · torpid · sluggish · enervated · unresponsive
Lacking outward feeling
- imperturbableIncapable of being upset
- unflappableImpossible to disturb
- composedCalm and self-possessed
- self-controlledHaving restraint over impulses
phlegmatic · stolid · equanimous · unruffled · collected · levelheaded · even-tempered · placid
blank
Without marks or content
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- expressionlessShowing no feeling
inexpressive · wooden · flat · stone-faced · vacant · empty · poker-faced · glazed · unreadable · inscrutable
disconnected
Separated from a source
- numbLacking physical sensation
- dispassionateFree from emotional involvement
- aloofEmotionally withdrawn, uninviting
removed · distant · withdrawn · uninvolved · dissociated · remote · impersonal · clinical · objective · cool
anhedonia
Inability to feel enjoyment
- bluntedMade less sharp
- depersonalizedMade impersonal or anonymous
- schizoidEmotionally detached personality type
dissociative · catatonic · psychopathic · sociopathic · numbed · traumatized · shutdown · depressed · medicated · sedated
indifferent
Lacking interest or concern
- unconcernedFeeling no worry
- uninterestedLacking curiosity or concern
- uncaringLacking emotional concern
unmoved · listless · passive · spiritless · lethargic · torpid · sluggish · enervated · unresponsive · incurious
unemotional
Lacking outward feeling
- imperturbableIncapable of being upset
- unflappableImpossible to disturb
- composedCalm and self-possessed
self-controlled · phlegmatic · stolid · equanimous · unruffled · collected · levelheaded · even-tempered · placid · sedate
- cold-heartedcallous, cold, cold-blooded, cold-hearted, cruel
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
- flatlevel, smooth, plane, flush, horizontal
affectlessexpressive
Showing feelings outwardly
animated · demonstrative · emotive · effusive · exuberant
affectlessemotional
Showing strong feelings
feeling · sensitive · sentimental · passionate · responsive
affectlesswarmhearted
Affectionate and sympathetic
compassionate · empathetic · sympathetic · warm · tender
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