Antonyms of adj impassive

2 senses of impassive

Sense 1
impassive, stolid -- (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")

INDIRECT (VIA unemotional) -> emotional -- (of more than usual emotion; "his behavior was highly emotional")

Sense 2
deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive -- (deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read")

INDIRECT (VIA uncommunicative) -> communicative, communicatory -- (able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray)

Similarity of adj impassive

2 senses of impassive

Sense 1
impassive, stolid -- (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")
       => unemotional (vs. emotional) -- (unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion)

Sense 2
deadpan, expressionless, impassive, poker-faced, unexpressive -- (deliberately impassive in manner; "deadpan humor"; "his face remained expressionless as the verdict was read")
       => uncommunicative (vs. communicative), incommunicative -- (not inclined to talk or give information or express opinions)

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