HyperDic: stolid

English > 1 sense of the word stolid:
ADJECTIVEallstolid, impassivehaving or revealing little emotion or sensibility
stolid > pronunciation
Soundsstaa'lahd
Rhymesabbreviated ... wounded: 365 rhymes with ahd...
English > stolid: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningHaving or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited.
Examples
  • "a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf
  • "her face showed nothing but stolid indifference"
Synonymimpassive
Broaderunemotionalunsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
Spanishestólido, flemático, frío, impasible, imperturbable, inalterable
Catalanfred, impertorbable, inalterable
Nounsstolidity, stolidnessan indifference to pleasure or pain
stolidityapathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions
Adverbsstolidlyin a stolid manner

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