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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

It would be representing him as more stoical than the truth, if we said he was unmoved.

From The Wing-and-Wing Le Feu-Follet by Cooper, James Fenimore

If we were to say that Captain Truck did not feel melancholy as the store-ship sunk beneath the horizon, we should represent that stout-hearted mariner as more stoical than he actually was.

From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore

The parting between Sishetakushin and Mookoomahn was affecting, that between the women more stoical.

From The Gaunt Gray Wolf A Tale of Adventure With Ungava Bob by Wallace, Dillon