Thesaurus / stoical
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He faced his loss with stoical fortitude, as I believe he would have confronted any disaster that life could bring.
FIFTY YEARS OF RAILWAY LIFE IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND AND IRELANDJOSEPH TATLOWHis gravity, his intellectual life, his almost stoical philosophy impressed her imagination and captivated her understanding.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTHe studied Madame Roland with even more of stoical apathy than another man would study a book which he admires.
MADAME ROLAND, MAKERS OF HISTORYJOHN S. C. ABBOTTHe remembered her strange, almost stoical calm, in such contrast with her wild agitation now.
THEY LOOKED AND LOVEDMRS. ALEX MCVEIGH MILLERHe had seemed at first glance a stoical person; but his deep-set, brown eyes were bright with good humor.
A HOOSIER CHRONICLEMEREDITH NICHOLSONThe unfortunate candidate presents himself before one of the examiners, and settles his face into a perfectly stoical expression.
THE ADVENTURES OF LOUIS DE ROUGEMONTLOUIS DE ROUGEMONTHis wound pained him, but the agitation of his mind and his own stoical nature caused him to pay no heed to it.
THE YOUNG RANCHERSEDWARD S. ELLISBut steady resolve and stoical self-denial, easy enough in theory, are often bitterly hard in practice.
SWORD AND GOWNGEORGE A. LAWRENCEAh, there is that evil demon of his life!that cold, stoical pride, which haunts him like a fate.
THE MINISTER'S WOOINGHARRIET BEECHER STOWEAll the goods of life he tasted with epicurean zest; all the evils he bore with stoical indifference.
TALES AND NOVELS, VOLUME 3 (OF 10)MARIA EDGEWORTHWORDS RELATED TO STOICAL
- accommodating
- calm
- composed
- easygoing
- enduring
- even-tempered
- forbearing
- forgiving
- gentle
- imperturbable
- indulgent
- lenient
- long-suffering
- meek
- mild
- mild-tempered
- persevering
- persistent
- philosophic
- philosophical
- quiet
- resigned
- self-possessed
- serene
- stoical
- submissive
- tolerant
- tranquil
- uncomplaining
- understanding
- unruffled
- untiring
- accommodated
- acquiescent
- adapted
- adjusted
- agreeable
- amenable
- biddable
- calm
- compliant
- cordial
- deferential
- docile
- genial
- gentle
- long-suffering
- manageable
- nonresisting
- obedient
- patient
- peaceable
- philosophical
- pliant
- quiescent
- quiet
- ready
- reconciled
- renouncing
- satisfied
- stoical
- subdued
- submissive
- subservient
- tame
- tolerant
- tractable
- unassertive
- unprotesting
- unresisting
- well-disposed
- willing
- yielding
- at peace
- clear
- collected
- comfortable
- composed
- content
- cool
- cool as a cucumber
- dispassionate
- easy
- easygoing
- fair
- halcyon
- imperturbable
- laid-back
- limpid
- patient
- peaceful
- pellucid
- phlegmatic
- placid
- poised
- quiescent
- quiet
- reconciled
- resting
- satisfied
- sedate
- self-possessed
- smooth
- still
- stoical
- tranquil
- unflappable
- unruffled
- untroubled
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