stolid
31stolid — adj. 1 lacking or concealing emotion or animation. 2 not easily excited or moved. Derivatives: stolidity n. stolidly adv. stolidness n. Etymology: obs. F stolide or L stolidus …
32solid, stolid — Solid has several meanings, stolid only one. A stolid person is impassive, one who has, or at least reveals, little emotion: That farmer, immovable in his opinions, is stolid not from dullness but from feeling that he is right. Solid is correctly …
33phlegmatic phlegmatical stolid — emotionless e*mo tion*less adj. 1. unsusceptible to, destitute of, or showing no emotion; unmoved by feeling. Opposite of {emotional}; as, he kept his emotionless objectivity and faith in the cause he served. [Narrower terms: {matter of fact,… …
34stolidity — stolid ► ADJECTIVE ▪ calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation. DERIVATIVES stolidity noun stolidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin stolidus, perhaps related to stultus foolish …
35stolidly — stolid ► ADJECTIVE ▪ calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation. DERIVATIVES stolidity noun stolidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin stolidus, perhaps related to stultus foolish …
36impassive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stolid, phlegmatic, stoical, calm, undemonstrative. See insensibility. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. indifferent, apathetic, stoic, stolid, phlegmatic, callous, sedate, insensitive, emotionless; see… …
37impassive — impassive, stoic, phlegmatic, apathetic, stolid are comparable when they mean slightly if at all responsive to something that might be expected to excite emotion or interest or to produce a sensation. The distinctions to be drawn between these… …
38stolidness — noun an indifference to pleasure or pain • Syn: ↑stoicism, ↑stolidity • Derivationally related forms: ↑stolid, ↑stolid (for: ↑stolidity), ↑stoical ( …
39stol´id|ness — stol|id «STOL ihd», adjective. hard to arouse; not easily excited; showing no emotion; seeming dull: »a stolid person, a stolid face, a stolid refusal. The Prime Minister is immensely popular among the stolid and dour northerners (New York Times) …
40stol´id|ly — stol|id «STOL ihd», adjective. hard to arouse; not easily excited; showing no emotion; seeming dull: »a stolid person, a stolid face, a stolid refusal. The Prime Minister is immensely popular among the stolid and dour northerners (New York Times) …
