unflappable
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From un- + flap (“to upset, stir”) + -able.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA(key): /ʌnˈflæpəbəl/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Adjective[edit]
unflappable (comparative more unflappable, superlative most unflappable)
- Remaining composed and level-headed at all times; impossible to fluster; not becoming frustrated or irritated easily. [from 1954]
- Synonyms: collected, cool, even-keeled, imperturbable
- Antonym: flappable
- 1959, The Economist, volume 190:
- The whole thing looked remarkably like an implacable force meeting an unflappable object.
- 1978, James D. Margach, The abuse of power: the war between Downing Street and the media from Lloyd George to Callaghan:
- It was for this reason that when Lord Hailsham first described Harold Macmillan as "unflappable'", it became an instant catchword, distancing the incoming Prime Minister from his predecessor
- 2023 October 22, HarryBlank, “Waiting to Happen”, in SCP Foundation[1], archived from the original on 23 May 2024:
- It took a lot to get Wheeler's pulse going, but Lillian's dangerous joke had done the job. The otherwise unflappable woman was flushed with adrenaline.
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Translations[edit]
remaining composed and level-headed at all times
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