PALSY-WALSY Antonyms

• having a low or inadequate temperature or feeling a sensation of coldness or having been made cold by e.g. ice or refrigeration

• extended meanings; especially of psychological coldness; without human warmth or emotion

• a mild viral infection involving the nose and respiratory passages (but not the lungs)

• the absence of heat

• the sensation produced by low temperatures

• having lost freshness through passage of time

• (color) giving no sensation of warmth

• marked by errorless familiarity

• lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

• so intense as to be almost uncontrollable

• sexually unresponsive

• without compunction or human feeling

• feeling or showing no enthusiasm

• unconscious from a blow or shock or intoxication

• of a seeker; far from the object sought

• lacking the warmth of life

• used of buildings; standing apart from others

• showing lack of emotional involvement

• being or feeling set or kept apart from others

• no longer connected or joined

• lacking affection or warm feeling

• not fixed in position

• separated in space or coming from or going to a distance

• far apart in relevance or relationship or kinship

• remote in manner

• separate or apart in time

• located far away spatially

• being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)

• (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms

• a lavish dance requiring formal attire

• a gown for evening wear

• characteristic of or befitting a person in authority

• represented in simplified or symbolic form

• logically deductive

• refined or imposing in manner or appearance; befitting a royal court

• set aside for the use of a particular person or party

• marked by self-restraint and reticence

• lacking cordiality; unfriendly

• discouraging intimacies; reserved

• inaccessibly located or situated

• not easy to understand or use

• not disposed to friendship or friendliness

• not friendly

• very unfavorable to life or growth

• not involved

• showing lack of emotional involvement