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most 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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Even the most stoical figures, such as the town's Conservative mayor, Terence Clifford-Amos, concede that the impact on the region will be substantial.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2011

The youngest, and one of the most stoical, of the forlorn voyagers was two-year-old Janet Johnson.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of all the people involved in the case, the one who has been most stoical is the defendant.

From Time Magazine Archive

West's tone expressed the most stoical indifference, but she would not be comforted.

From The Swindler and Other Stories by Dell, Ethel M. (Ethel May)

No Shakespeare had yet arisen to touch the baser qualities of men with a gleam of heroism or to humanize the most stoical endurance with a strain of weakness.

From English literary criticism by Various