unexcitable - Glite Dictionary

Examples

Even when faced with unexpected challenges, she stayed unexcitable and calm.
In this unexcited, unexcitable state.

Fiction book (1997)
Despite the commotion around him, he remained unexcitable and focused on his work.

Synonyms

unresponsive

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20 4.7

Not reacting to touch, sound, or commands

is about being hard to emotionally rouse, not simply not answering or reacting

unemotional

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11 4.4

Not showing strong feelings

is harder to emotionally rouse rather than simply not showing feelings

untroubled

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4 3.5

Calm and not worried about problems

is about emotional nonreactivity to provocation rather than absence of worry

imperturbable

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2 8.1

Not easily upset or worried, even in difficult situations

is calm but less absolute, allowing small emotional reactions occasionally

nonreactive

vsunexcitable

1 5.3

Someone or something that shows no response when something happens

is more specific to emotional resistance rather than all types of nonresponse

unflustered

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1 6.1

Calm and not showing worry when things are difficult

is about steady emotional resistance broadly, not only composure in stress

unhysterical

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1 6.8

Calm and not showing strong or out of control feelings in a stressful situation

is more resistant to emotional arousal rather than only avoiding extremes

unexcited

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1 3.7

Calm and not showing strong feeling

is a lasting resistance to excitement rather than a temporary lack of feeling

unreactive

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1 6.5

Does not show feelings or respond when someone tries to upset them

is focused on emotional rousability rather than a general lack of response

nerveless

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Archaic

7.2

Calm and steady in a difficult or dangerous situation

is more about general resistance to being emotionally roused across situations

phlegmatical

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Archaic

9.9

Calm and not easily excited or upset

is about resisting emotional arousal rather than merely not showing feelings

unagitated

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5.8

Calm and not showing strong feelings

is more resistant to being emotionally stirred rather than merely calm now

unflurried

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8.2

Calm and not showing any sign of worry

is less about visible calm and more about being hard to arouse emotionally

Antonyms

agitated

49 4.1

Feeling nervous, upset, and not calm

excitable

14 4.1

Quick to become excited or nervous

How Excitable

overexcitable

6.2

excitable

14 4.1

unexcitable

6.7

calm

735 1.0

Surface Forms

unexcitable positive

Morphology

unexcitable = excitable (transparent) = un + excite + able

Standard negation by the productive prefix 'un-' applied to the adjective 'excitable', yielding the straightforward opposite meaning.

Etymology

Unexcitable starts with un- meaning 'not' and the rest comes from excite, which originally meant 'to wake or move someone emotionally'. So unexcitable means 'not easily moved or excited'.