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stolid
Synonyms and Antonyms of stolid
- the butler responded to the duchessʼs constant demands with stolid indifference
engaged, interested, responsive
active, alive, animated, bright, busy, dynamic, effervescent, energetic, expansive, exuberant, lively, vivacious
eloquent, revealing, revelatory
gestic, gesticulant, gesticulative, gesticulatory, gestural
emotional, melodramatic, theatrical (also theatric), unreserved, unrestrained
- the actor's turn as a stolid, impersonal bureaucrat was an interesting departure from his more impassioned roles
cold, cool, dispassionate, unmoved
bland, blank, deadpan, dry, empty, expressionless, inexpressive, stone-faced, straight-faced, vacant, wooden
enigmatic (also enigmatical), impenetrable, inscrutable
aloof, bloodless, detached, indifferent, insensible, unconcerned, unsentimental
impersonal, objective, unresponsive
Synonym Discussion of stolid
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- met the news with an impassive look
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- was resolutely stoic even in adversity
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- a phlegmatic man unmoved by tears
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- charitable appeals met an apathetic response
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- stolid workers wedded to routine
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