stolid

adjapathetic, stupid

Synonyms for stolid

adj apathetic, stupid

Antonyms for stolid

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adjective. aloof, disinterested; neutral

Word Origin & History

1560s (implied in stolidity), from Middle French stolide (16c.), from Latin stolidus "insensible, dull, brutish," properly "unmovable," related to stultus "foolish," from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)).

Example Sentences forstolid

A box of candy against a good cigar, they are a stolid married couple.

But if stolid, Timmins had his fair share of a certain slow pugnacity.

How stolid they were and how matter of fact and how sensible.

Hiram said not a word, but he sat looking at the other in stolid silence.

Eccles faced him unwillingly, with a stolid front but shifty eyes.

"Emigrants have no rights, Evremonde," was the stolid reply.

On the first day of this labor parliament, up rose a stolid Pole.

The contemplation of this stolid ignorance—that yet knew how much?

He was rather a stolid fat boy, and he was sitting on the very edge, fishing.

It was not quick to move or easily excited; but stolid, cautious, unambitious, procrastinating.

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cool

coolest

dense

denser

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