more stoical

ADJECTIVE

philosophic, calm

Synonyms

WEAK

aloof apathetic cool cool as cucumber detached dispassionate dry enduring impassive imperturbable indifferent indomitable long-suffering matter-of-fact patient phlegmatic resigned rolling with punches self-controlled sober stolid unconcerned unemotional unflappable unmoved

Antonyms

WEAK

anxious depressed stressed upset

Example Sentences

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It was sad, but people were more stoical in those times, and more romantic about dance.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 24, 2019

People from Tohoku, the region where the tsunami struck hardest, are renowned for being even more stoical, selfless and community-minded than the average Japanese.

From BusinessWeek • Mar. 30, 2011

Even the more stoical father and grandmother were a little in her thoughts.

From Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People by Zangwill, Israel

You will say, Coecus, that I should have been more stoical, but I had a motive which will excuse me in your sight.

From Jovinian A Story of the Early Days of Papal Rome by Kingston, William Henry Giles

At all events, they who are thus used appear to meet it with a more stoical indifference.

From The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea by Reid, Mayne