imperturbable
Syllables: im·per·tur·ba·bleUK/ˌɪmpəˈtɜːbəbl̩//ˌɪmpəɹˈtɜɹbəb(ə)l/
imperturbable adjective: not capable of being, or not easily, perturbed, excited, or upset; calm and collected, even under pressure.
Adjective
imperturbable (comparative more imperturbable, superlative most imperturbable)
- Not capable of being, or not easily, perturbed, excited, or upset; calm and collected, even under pressure.
- [T]o a vviſe man there can happen no iniury or offence at all, to moleſt the felicity of his minde, vvhich (in the Stoicks opinion) ought to bee imperturbable, and his heart adamantine.1605, Giacomo Affinati d’Acuto Romano, chapter 23, in A[nthony] M[unday], transl., The Dumbe Divine Speaker, or: Dumbe Speaker of Diuinity. […], London: […] [R. Bradock] for William Leake, […]...
- [T]he good Dominie bore all his disasters with gravity and serenity equally imperturbable. "Prodi-gi-ous!" was the only ejaculation they ever extorted from the much-enduring man.1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], chapter VIII, in Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and...
- Synonyms:
- cool-headed, unexcitable, unperturbable, calm, steady, collected, composed, equable, equanimous, equanimitable
- Antonyms:
- perturbable, atrabilious, bad-tempered, bilious, bitchy, brainish, cantankerous, carnaptious, choleric, crabbit
imperturbable meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
imperturbable in Tamil
- எளிதில் மனங்கலங்காத, சலனப்படாத, அமைதியுடன்
imperturbable in Urdu
- ہمیشہ کے لئے خاموش
imperturbable in Bengali
- অবিচলিত, কখনো বিচলিত নয় এমন
imperturbable in Malayalam
- മനക്കലക്കമില്ലാത്ത, നിർവ്വികാര, സാവധാനമുള്ള, അക്ഷോഭ്യം
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- imperturbable in Kannada
- ತಣ್ಣಗಿರುವ, ನೆಮ್ಮದಿ ಕೆಡುವ
- imperturbable in Sanskrit
- अक्षोभ्य akṣobhya
- imperturbable in Indonesian
- tenang
- imperturbable in Vietnamese
- bình thản
Synonyms of imperturbable
- cool-headed
- unexcitable
- unperturbable
- calm
- steady
- collected
- composed
- equable
- equanimous
- equanimitable
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Antonyms
- perturbable
- atrabilious
- bad-tempered
- bilious
- bitchy
- brainish
- cantankerous
- carnaptious
- choleric
- crabbit
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Forms of imperturbable
| comparative | more imperturbable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most imperturbable |
Origin of imperturbable
PIE word *né From Late Middle English imperturbable (“undisturbed; impossible to disturb”), borrowed from Late Latin imperturbābilis, from Latin im- (variant of in- (prefix meaning ‘not’)) + Late Latin perturbabilis (“perturbable”) (from Latin perturbō (“to confuse; to alarm, disturb, trouble, perturb”) + -bilis (suffix forming adjectives denoting a capacity or worth of being acted upon)). Perturbō is derived from per- (intensifying prefix) + turbō (“to agitate, disturb, unsettle, perturb; to upset”) (from turba (“disorder, disturbance, turmoil”) (possibly from Ancient Greek τῠ́ρβη (tŭ́rbē, “confusion, disorder, tumult”), either from Pre-Greek, or Proto-Indo-European *(s)twerH- (“to agitate, stir up; to urge on, propel”)) + -ō (suffix forming infinitives of regular first-conjugation verbs)). By surface analysis, im- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + perturbable.
Words formed from imperturbable
Questions about imperturbable
- What does imperturbable mean?
- Imperturbable means not capable of being, or not easily, perturbed, excited, or upset; calm and collected, even under pressure.
- What is imperturbable in Tamil?
- Imperturbable in Tamil is எளிதில் மனங்கலங்காத, சலனப்படாத, அமைதியுடன். See Imperturbable meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is imperturbable?
- Imperturbable is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce imperturbable?
- Imperturbable is pronounced /ˌɪmpəˈtɜːbəbl̩/ (UK).
Words near imperturbable in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: imperturbable (page history and authors); imperturbable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imperturbable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imperturbable (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imperturbable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); imperturbable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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