athymic

Examples

• All

• Despite the exciting announcement, she remained athymic and did not smile or frown.

• The patient's athymic state made it difficult for doctors to assess his mental health.

• He seems athymic.

• Don't be so athymic!

• After the accident, he became strangely athymic, giving no reaction to either joyful or sad news.

• The patient's athymic demeanor made it challenging for the doctors to evaluate his emotional well-being.

• Despite the exciting announcement, she remained athymic, showing neither a smile nor a frown.

Synonyms

N

numb

vsathymic

75 4.1

Unable to feel or show emotion after something upsetting

lacks normal emotional responses, not only a temporary stunned state

A

apathetic

vsathymic

24 6.8

Not showing much interest or energy

lacks normal emotional responses rather than mainly lacking interest

C

clinical

vsathymic

11 6.5

Not showing emotion or personal involvement

lacks normal emotional responses rather than being professionally detached

E

emotionless

vsathymic

10 5.5

Not showing feelings on the face or in the voice

lacks normal emotional responses instead of merely showing calm

U

unemotional

vsathymic

10 4.4

Not showing strong feelings

lacks normal emotional responses rather than only avoiding strong feelings

I

impassive

vsathymic

9 7.1

Not showing any feeling on the face or in the voice

lacks normal emotional responses rather than only appearing calm

S

stolid

vsathymic

5 8.8

Someone who shows little feeling and rarely reacts

lacks normal emotional responses rather than simply calm resistance to excitement

I

inexpressive

vsathymic

1 5.5

Having little feeling in the face or voice

lacks normal emotional responses rather than only limited facial expression

A

affectless

vsathymic

1 9.3

A person who shows no emotion in the face or voice

lacks normal emotional responses rather than only lacking visible expression

U

unexpressive

vsathymic

1 5.5

A person or thing that shows very little feeling in the face and voice

lacks normal emotional responses instead of just quiet appearance

N

nonexpressive

vsathymic

1 7.0

Showing no feelings on the face or in actions

lacks normal emotional responses rather than only unclear outer signs

U

unexcitable

vsathymic

1 6.7

Calm and not easily made nervous or emotional

lacks normal emotional responses rather than only being slow to react

I

impassible

vsathymic

1 8.3

Not showing any emotion on the face

lacks normal emotional responses rather than staying merely unchanged

A

aplastic

vsathymic

9.9

Shows very little feeling or reaction

lacks normal emotional responses rather than meaning physical inertness

P

phlegmatical

vsathymic

• Archaic

9.9

Calm and not easily excited or upset

lacks normal emotional responses, not merely calm temperament

Antonyms

E

emotional

598 2.1

Showing strong feelings that are easy to see

E

expressive

39 3.4

Showing feelings and ideas clearly in the face or voice

How Emotional

passionate

359 2.8

expressive

39 3.4

reserved

29 3.7

athymic

• Specialized

9.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology