underreacts
Shows too little
Underreacts means to respond with less intensity or urgency than a situation warrants.
Someone who underreacts to bad news might shrug where others would panic: The building was on fire and he just kept eating his sandwich—he totally underreacted.
The opposite of overreacts.
Lacking interest or concern
- unconcernedFeeling no worry
- uninterestedLacking curiosity or concern
- disinterestedFree from personal stakes
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
unbothered · blasé · nonchalant · insouciant · lackadaisical · complacent · heedless · careless
Emotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- distantFar away or aloof
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
- remoteDistant or controller
disengaged · uninvolved · removed · standoffish · unattached · impersonal · insulated · absent
Without visible emotion
- unemotionalLacking outward feeling
- restrainedHeld under control
- self-controlledHaving restraint over impulses
- unflappableImpossible to disturb
coolheaded · stolid · undemonstrative · composed · unfazed · measured · controlled · disciplined
indifferent
Lacking interest or concern
- unconcernedFeeling no worry
- uninterestedLacking curiosity or concern
- disinterestedFree from personal stakes
unmoved · unbothered · blasé · nonchalant · insouciant · lackadaisical · complacent · heedless · careless · negligent
aloof
Emotionally withdrawn, uninviting
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- distantFar away or aloof
- withdrawnEmotionally distant, disengaged
remote · disengaged · uninvolved · removed · standoffish · unattached · impersonal · insulated · absent · unengaged
impassive
Without visible emotion
- unemotionalLacking outward feeling
- restrainedHeld under control
- self-controlledHaving restraint over impulses
unflappable · coolheaded · stolid · undemonstrative · composed · unfazed · measured · controlled · disciplined · steadfast
slow
Lacking in speed
languid · listless · inert · inactive · unresponsive · muted · subdued · dulled · flat · dampened
underreactsoverreacts
Responds disproportionately to stimulus
overresponds · freaks out · overreacting · panics · loses it
underreaction, underreacting, underreact, underreacted, underreactions