unflappable

unflappable
Synonyms and related words:
balanced, bovine, collected, composed, constant, cool, dispassionate, dull, easy, even-tempered, fast, fiducial, firm, firm as Gibraltar, fixed, flinty, immovable, impassive, imperturbable, in equilibrium, inexcitable, inflexible, inirritable, loyal, nonchalant, patient, predictable, relaxed, reliable, secure, set, settled, solid, sot, sound, stable, staunch, steadfast, steady, steely, stoic, stolid, substantial, TRUE, unbending, undeflectable, undisturbable, unflinching, unirritable, unnervous, unpassionate, unruffled, unshakable, unshaken, unswerving, unwavering, unyielding, well-balanced, without nerves

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  • unflappable — index nonchalant Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • unflappable — (adj.) 1958, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + FLAP (Cf. flap) (v.) + ABLE (Cf. able). Originally used in reference to Harold Macmillan, British P.M. 1957 63 …   Etymology dictionary

  • unflappable — *cool, composed, collected, unruffled, imperturbable, nonchalant …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • unflappable — [adj] cool and calm collected, composed, deliberate, disimpassioned, easy, impassive, imperturbable, level headed, nonchalant, relaxed, self possessed, unruffled; concepts 401,542 Ant. disconcerted, nervous, upset, worried …   New thesaurus

  • unflappable — ► ADJECTIVE informal ▪ calm in a crisis …   English terms dictionary

  • unflappable — [unflap′ə bəl] adj. [< UN + FLAP, n. 5 + ABLE] Informal not easily excited or disconcerted; imperturbable; calm unflappability n …   English World dictionary

  • unflappable — mod. not subject to distraction; imperturbable. □ Isn’t he great? Truly unflappable. □ She is totally unflappable. □ I wish I was that unflappable …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • unflappable — adj. Unflappable is used with these nouns: ↑temperament …   Collocations dictionary

  • unflappable — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. cool (inf.), even tempered, imperturbable. See inexcitability. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. collected, cool, self possessed, imperturbable; see calm 1 , deliberate 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …   English dictionary for students

  • unflappable — [[t]ʌ̱nflæ̱pəb(ə)l[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is unflappable is always calm and never panics or gets upset or angry …   English dictionary

  • unflappable — adjective informal having the ability to stay calm and not get upset, even in difficult situations: My unflappable assistant worked steadily on as the argument raged around her. unflappably adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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