having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited; her impassive remoteness; he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight- Nordhoff & Hall; a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course-Virginia Woolf; her face showed nothing but stolid indifference

[ Syn: stolid ]

deliberately impassive in manner; deadpan humor; his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read

[ Syn: deadpan , expressionless , poker-faced , unexpressive ]