Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Unperturbed.

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  • adjective Not perturbed.

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  • adjective Not perturbed; unflustered.

Etymologies

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im- +‎ perturbed

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Examples

  • The Colonel drank numerous "toddies" during the course of the day, which left him, however, imperturbed.

    The Awakening 2000

  • He was growing old, and beginning to need rest and an imperturbed spirit.

    The Awakening 2000

  • There was something in the imperturbed security of his manner which almost made her angry with him.

    Can You Forgive Her? 1993

  • A black gondola manned by a skeletal gondolier approached imperturbed through the fury.

    The Dragon Never Sleeps Cook, Glen 1988

  • He sought Egerton, but the minister was impenetrable, and seemed calm, confident and imperturbed.

    The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 Various

  • He became reassured when he observed how imperturbed everyone was.

    The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927

  • When Patrickstown bragged of its long history ... it was once the home of the kings of Ulster ... and tried to make the world believe that St. Patrick was buried in its cathedral, Ballyards, magnificently imperturbed, murmured: "Your population is goin 'down!"

    The Foolish Lovers St. John G. Ervine 1927

  • Strange! that he who had disposed of so many lives with an imperturbed heart, who in so many undertakings had considered as nothing the sufferings he inflicted, unless it were sometimes to glut his appetite with the fierce enjoyment of revenge, should now feel a recoiling, a regret—I might almost say, a feeling of alarm, at the authority he was exercising over this Lucia, —a stranger, a poor peasant-girl!

    Chapter XX 1909

  • Douglas sat imperturbed, his head at a slight angle, which gave him the appearance of attentive listening; and with a genial smile on his face that was lighted a little with ironic confidence.

    Children of the Market Place Edgar Lee Masters 1909

  • The young soldiers looked on in delight, the sergeant smoked imperturbed.

    England, My England 1907

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