N. insensibility, insensibleness, moral insensibility,
inertness,
inertia, vis inertiae,
impassibility,
impassibleness,
inappetency,
apathy,
phlegm, dullness,
hebetude,
supineness,
lukewarmness, cold fit, cold blood, cold heart, coldness, coolness,
frigidity, sang froid,
stoicism,
imperturbation,
nonchalance,
unconcern, dry eyes,
insouciance,
recklessness,
callousness, heart of stone, stock and stone, marble, deadness,
torpor,
torpidity, obstupefaction|,
lethargy,
coma,
trance, vegetative state, sleep, suspended animation,
stupor,
stupefaction,
paralysis,
palsy,
numbness,
neutrality,
quietism, vegetation
V. be insensible, have a rhinoceros hide, show insensibility, not mind, not care, not be affected by, have no desire for, have no interest in, feel no interest in, take no interest in, nil admirari, not care a straw for, disregard, set at naught, turn a deaf ear to,
vegetate, render insensible, render callous,
blunt,
obtund,
numb,
benumb,
paralyze,
deaden,
hebetate,
stun,
stupefy,
brutify,
brutalize,
chloroform,
anaesthetize, put under, assify,
inure, harden the heart, steel,
caseharden,
sear Adj. insensible, unconscious, impassive, impassible, blind to, deaf to, dead to,
unsusceptible,
insusceptible, unimpressionable, unimpressible, passionless, spiritless, heartless, soulless, unfeeling, unmoral,
apathetic, leuco-|,
phlegmatic, dull,
frigid, cold blooded, cold hearted, cold as charity, flat,
maudlin,
obtuse,
inert,
supine,
sluggish,
torpid,
torpedinous,
torporific,
sleepy,
languid,
half-hearted,
tame,
numbed,
comatose,
anaesthetic,
stupefied,
chloroformed,
drugged, stoned, palsy-stricken, indifferent,
lukewarm, careless, mindless, regardless,
inattentive, neglectful, disregarding, unconcerned,
nonchalant,
pococurante,
insouciant, sans souci, unambitious, unaffected,
unruffled, unimpressed, uninspired, unexcited, unmoved,
unstirred, untouched,
unshocked, unstruck,
unblushing,
unanimated,
vegetative,
callous,
thick-skinned, hard-nosed,
pachydermatous,
impervious,
hardened,
inured,
casehardened, steeled against, proof against,
imperturbable, unfelt
Adv. insensibly, aequo animo, without being moved, without being touched, without being impressed, in cold blood, with dry eyes, with withers unwrung
Phr. never mind, macht nichts, it is of no consequence, it cannot be helped, nothing coming amiss, it is all the same to, it is all one to
N. inexcitability, imperturbability,
inirritability, even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion,
tolerance,
patience, coolth, passiveness,
hebetude,
hebetation,
impassibility,
stupefaction, coolness, calmness,
composure,
placidity, indisturbance,
imperturbation, sang froid, tranquility,
serenity, quiet,
quietude, peace of mind, mental calmness,
staidness, gravity,
sobriety,
quakerism, philosophy,
equanimity,
stoicism, command of temper,
self-possession,
self-control,
self-command,
self-restraint, ice water in one's veins, presence of mind, submission,
resignation,
sufferance,
supportance,
endurance, longsufferance,
forbearance,
longanimity,
fortitude, patience of job, patience "on a monument", patience "sovereign o'er transmuted ill",
moderation, repression of feelings, subjugation of feeling, restraint,
tranquillization V. be composed, laisser faire, laisser aller, take things easily, take things as they come, take it easy, rub on, live and let live, take easily, take cooly, take in good part, aequam servare mentem, bear the brunt, bear well, go through, support,
endure,
brave, disregard,
tolerate, suffer, stand,
bide,
abide,
aby, bear with, put up with, take up with, abide with,
acquiesce, submit, submit with a good grace, resign oneself to, reconcile oneself to,
brook,
digest, eat,
swallow,
pocket, stomach, make light of, make the best of, make "a virtue of necessity", put a good face on, keep one's countenance, check check oneself,
compose,
appease,
propitiate, repress, render insensible, overcome one's excitability, allay one's excitability, repress one's excitability, master one's feelings, make oneself easy, make one's mind easy, set one's mind at ease, set one's mind at rest, calm down, cool down, gentle,
thaw, grow cool, be borne, be endured, go down
Adj. inexcitable, unexcitable,
imperturbable,
unsusceptible,
unpassionate,
dispassionate,
cold-blooded,
irritable,
enduring,
stoical,
platonic, philosophic,
staid, stayed,
sober, sober minded, grave, sober as a judge, grave as a judge,
sedate,
demure,
cool-headed,
easy-going, peaceful,
placid, calm, quiet as a mouse,
tranquil,
serene, cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard, undemonstrative, temperate, composed, collected, unexcited,
unstirred,
unruffled, undisturbed, unperturbed,
unimpassioned,
unoffended, unresisting,
meek,
tolerant, patient, patient as job,
submissive,
tame, content, resigned,
chastened, subdued,
lamblike, gentle as a lamb, suaviter in modo, mild as mothers milk, soft as peppermint, armed with patience, bearing with, clement,
long-suffering Adv. "like patience on a monument smiling at grief", aequo animo, in cold blood, more in sorrow than in anger
Phr. "cool calm and collected", keep calm in the midst of a storm, "adversity's sweet milk, philosophy", mens aequa in arduis philosophia stemma non inspecite, quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes, "they also serve who only stand and wait", section ii, personal affections 1, passive affections
N. wonder,
marvel,
astonishment,
amazement, wonderment,
bewilderment,
amazedness, admiration,
awe,
stupor,
stupefaction, stound|,
fascination, sensation, surprise 8, note of admiration,
thaumaturgy V. wonder,
marvel,
admire, be surprised, start,
stare, open one's eyes, rub one's eyes, turn up one's eyes, gloar|,
gape, open one's mouth, hold one's breath, look aghast, stand aghast, stand agog, look blank, tombe des nues, not believe one's eyes, not believe one's ears, not believe one's senses, not be able to account for, not know whether one stands on one's head or one's heels, surprise,
astonish,
amaze,
astound,
dumfound,
dumfounder,
startle,
dazzle,
daze, strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe,
electrify,
stun,
stupefy,
petrify,
confound,
bewilder,
flabbergast,
stagger, throw on one's beam ends,
fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb, make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mouth, make one stare, take by surprise, be wonderful, beggar description, beggar the imagination, baffle description, stagger belief
Adj. surprised,
aghast, all agog, breathless,
agape, open- mouthed,
awestruck,
thunderstruck,
moonstruck,
planet-struck,
spellbound, lost in amazement, lost in wonder, lost in astonishment, struck all of a heap, unable to believe one's senses, like a duck ion thunder, wonderful,
wondrous, surprising, unexpected, unheard of,
mysterious,
miraculous, indescribable, inexpressible,
inaffable, unutterable, unspeakable,
monstrous,
prodigious,
stupendous,
marvelous, inconceivable,
incredible, inimaginable, unimaginable, strange, passing strange, striking,
overwhelming,
wonder-working Adv. wonderfully,
&c. adj,
fearfully, for a wonder, in the name of wonder, strange to say, mirabile dictu, mirabile visu, to one's great surprise, with wonder, with gaping mouth, with open eyes, with upturned eyes
Int. lo, lo and behold, o,
heyday,
halloo, what, indeed, really, surely,
humph,
hem, good lack, good heavens, good gracious, ye gods, good lord, good grief, holy cow, my word, holy shit,
[vulg.], gad so,
welladay, dear me, only think,
lackadaisy, my stars, my goodness, gracious goodness, goodness gracious, mercy on us, heavens and earth, god bless me, bless us, bless my heart, odzookens, o gemini, adzooks,
hoity-toity, strong, heaven save the mark, bless the mark, can such things be,
zounds,
'sdeath, what on earth, what in the world, who would have thought it,
&c. (inexpectation) 508[obs3], you don't say so, you're kidding, no kidding? what do you say to that, nous verrons, how now, where am i? phr, vox faucibus haesit, one's hair standing on end