inexcitability

Roget category 826

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.1. Affections in general
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#826. [Absence of excitability, or of excitement.] Inexcitability

noun

inexcitability^†, imperturbability, inirritability^† — even temper, tranquil mind, dispassion — tolerance, patience, coolth [Coll.].
passiveness etc. (physical inertness) 172 — hebetude^†, hebetation^† — impassibility etc. (insensibility) 823 — stupefaction.
coolness, calmness etc. adj. — composure, placidity, indisturbance^†, imperturbation^†, sang froid [Fr.], tranquility, serenity — quiet, quietude — peace of mind, mental calmness.
staidness etc. adj. — gravity, sobriety, Quakerism^† — philosophy, equanimity, stoicism, command of temper — self-possession, self-control, self-command, self-restraint, ice water in one's veins — presence of mind.
submission etc. 725 — resignation — sufferance, supportance^†, endurance, longsufferance^†, forbearance — longanimity^† — fortitude — patience of Job, patience on a monument" [Twelfth Night], patience 'sovereign o'er transmuted ill'" [Johnson]; moderation — repression of feelings, subjugation of feeling — restraint etc. 751.
tranquillization etc. (moderation) 174^†.

verb

be composed etc. adj.. laisser faire [Fr.], laisser aller [Fr.] — take things easily, take things as they come — take it easy, rub on, live and let live — take easily, take cooly^†, take in good part — aequam servare mentem [Lat.].
bear the brunt, bear well — go through, support, endure, brave, disregard.
tolerate, suffer, stand, bide — abide, aby^† — bear with, put up with, take up with, abide with — acquiesce — submit etc. (yield) 725 — submit with a good grace — resign oneself to, reconcile oneself to — brook, digest, eat, swallow, pocket, stomach.
make light of, make the best of, make 'a virtue of necessity'" [Chaucer]; put a good face on, keep one's countenance — check etc. 751 — check oneself.
compose, appease etc. (moderate); 174 — propitiate — repress etc. (restrain) 751 — render insensible etc. 823 — overcome one's excitability, allay one's excitability, repress one's excitability etc. 825 — master one's feelings.
make oneself easy — make one's mind easy — set one's mind at ease, set one's mind at rest.
calm down, cool down — gentle — thaw, grow cool.
be borne, be endured — go down.

adjective

inexcitable^†, unexcitable — imperturbable — unsusceptible etc. (insensible) 823 — unpassionate^†, dispassionate — cold-blooded, irritable — enduring etc. v. — stoical, Platonic, philosophic, staid, stayed — sober, sober minded — grave — sober as a judge, grave as a judge — sedate, demure, cool-headed.
easy-going, peaceful, placid, calm — quiet as a mouse — tranquil, serene — cool as a cucumber, cool as a custard — undemonstrative.
temperate etc. (moderate) 174 — composed, collected — unexcited, unstirred, unruffled, undisturbed, unperturbed, unimpassioned — unoffended^† — unresisting.
meek, tolerant — patient, patient as Job — submissive etc. 725 — tame — content, resigned, chastened, subdued, lamblike^† — gentle as a lamb — suaviter in modo [Lat.] — mild as mothers milk — soft as peppermint — armed with patience, bearing with, clement, long-suffering.

adverb

like patience on a monument smiling at grief" [Twelfth Night]; aequo animo [Lat.], in cold blood etc. 823 — more in sorrow than in anger.

interjection

patience!, and shuffle the cards.

phrase

cool calm and collected," keep calm in the midst of a storm — adversity's sweet milk, philosophy" [Romeo and Juliet]; mens aequa in arduis philosophia stemma non mens aequa in arduis philosophia stemma non inspecite [Lat.] [Seneca]; quo me cumque rapit tempestas deferor hospes [Lat.] [Horace]; they also serve who only stand and wait" [Milton].

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