Entry Word: stoic

Function: adjective

Meaning:

or stoical

1 accepting pains or hardships calmly or without complaint <after waiting six years for permission to immigrate to the U.S., the family is stoic about a six-month postponement> — see patient 1
2 not feeling or showing emotion <at her husbandʼs funeral she remained stoic, and only a few imagined the depth of her grief> — see impassive 1