🦎 Like scaly skin 😐 Cold and unemotional

reptile-like

8.2

Not showing emotion and acting as if they do not care

adjective
/ˈrɛptaɪl-laɪk/

Offensive

: reptiliano (despectivo)

His reptile-like stare made everyone uncomfortable during the interview.

Examples

She always maintained a reptile-like calm, even under pressure.
She showed a reptile-like indifference towards the suffering of others during the meeting.
The CEO's reptile-like attitude left her colleagues feeling uneasy.
His reptile-like demeanor made it hard to trust him.
She spoke in a reptile-like manner, showing no emotion.
His reptile-like demeanor made it difficult for others to connect with him emotionally.
The detective's reptile-like nature made her seem unapproachable to potential witnesses.

Synonyms

reptilian

vsreptile-like

19 5.5

Having features like those of snakes or lizards

describes cold unemotional human behavior specifically not general animal traits

lizardlike

vsreptile-like

5.3

Having a lizard's look or movement, often quick and not showing much feeling

focuses on cold personal manner rather than physical resemblance

Antonyms

sensitive

488 2.9

Aware of and careful about other people's feelings

empathetic

30 4.4

To understand and share other people's feelings

warmhearted

1 3.7

Kind and friendly to other people

How Cold

cold-blooded

Offensive

54 6.1

reptile-like

Offensive

8.2

unemotional

11 4.4

aloof

34 6.3

reserved

3.7

Surface Forms

reptile-like positive

Morphology

reptile-like = reptile (transparent) = reptile + like

Although metaphorical, the meaning 'resembling a reptile in demeanor' is a predictable figurative extension of 'reptile' + '-like'.

Etymology

Reptile-like comes from the Latin root reptilis, 'to creep', and people often imagine reptiles as cold and calm. So calling someone reptile-like pictures them as emotionally cold, calm, or unfeeling.