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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