unflappable

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US /ʌnˈflæpəbəl/
adj Freq #65864

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Remaining composed and level-headed at all times; impossible to fluster; not becoming frustrated or irritated easily.

    The whole thing looked remarkably like an implacable force meeting an unflappable object.

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Synonyms
1 adj · remaining composed and... adiaphroisticapatheticapathisticalblaséblithecollectedcooldeaf

Etymology

From un- + flap (“to upset, stir”) + -able.

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