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[ adjective ] marked by calm self-control (especially in trying circumstances); unemotional

Synonyms

cool coolheaded

Examples

"play it cool" "keep cool" "stayed coolheaded in the crisis" "the most nerveless winner in the history of the tournament"

Used in print

(Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)

Landesco thought him `` just a superior sort of plugugly '' but he was , in_fact , with his aggression and hostility , and nerveless indifference to risking or administering pain , a casebook psychopath .

Related terms

composed

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[ adjective ] lacking strength

Synonyms

feeble

Examples

"a weak, nerveless fool, devoid of energy and promptitude"- Nathaniel Hawthorne

Related terms

powerless

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