as in stoic
not feeling or showing emotion
an undemonstrative person by nature, he nevertheless loved his wife very much
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Recent Examples of undemonstrative
Even the normally undemonstrative Sarabia was prominent in the post-match as fans and players celebrated a job almost completed.
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Steve Madeley, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
For an undemonstrative man who specialises in draining emotion from his own demeanour on the touchline and seeks to drain it from his players, this was out of character, but Newcastle’s lap of appreciation when the game was won and done pulled off the mask.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
Few figures in literature have been as passive and undemonstrative as George Smiley.
—airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024
Ritchson’s turn complements hers nicely, the actor letting his massive frame do the work for him as the taciturn, emotionally undemonstrative Ed who loves his children dearly and will do anything for them.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024
Time and again, this is how Shim gets around the dramatic difficulty of communicating the connection between such inherently undemonstrative, reserved characters.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 May 2023
The same was true of many other aristocratic children in Britain at that time, yet even friends of the young Queen (albeit it must be said not all of them) regarded her as a rather distant parent, undemonstrative with her maternal affection, not unlike her own mother.
—Time, 20 Sep. 2022
In the stages where Dana is absent — setting the already erratic Zátopek further off-kilter — Frecheville’s sweetly stoic, undemonstrative Clarke proves a different kind of foil, as the older runner attempts to pull him, at least a little, into his more casual, chaotic mindset.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Aug. 2021
The life of the ultimate Robber Baron, Silicon Valley’s view of tomorrow, fresh fiction from a Nobel laureate and more. Honesty is perhaps the virtue that this novel, in its undemonstrative way, most extols.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
Steve Madeley, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
For an undemonstrative man who specialises in draining emotion from his own demeanour on the touchline and seeks to drain it from his players, this was out of character, but Newcastle’s lap of appreciation when the game was won and done pulled off the mask.
—Chris Waugh, The Athletic, 6 Feb. 2025
Few figures in literature have been as passive and undemonstrative as George Smiley.
—airmail.news, 16 Nov. 2024
Ritchson’s turn complements hers nicely, the actor letting his massive frame do the work for him as the taciturn, emotionally undemonstrative Ed who loves his children dearly and will do anything for them.
—Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Feb. 2024
Time and again, this is how Shim gets around the dramatic difficulty of communicating the connection between such inherently undemonstrative, reserved characters.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 5 May 2023
The same was true of many other aristocratic children in Britain at that time, yet even friends of the young Queen (albeit it must be said not all of them) regarded her as a rather distant parent, undemonstrative with her maternal affection, not unlike her own mother.
—Time, 20 Sep. 2022
In the stages where Dana is absent — setting the already erratic Zátopek further off-kilter — Frecheville’s sweetly stoic, undemonstrative Clarke proves a different kind of foil, as the older runner attempts to pull him, at least a little, into his more casual, chaotic mindset.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 25 Aug. 2021
The life of the ultimate Robber Baron, Silicon Valley’s view of tomorrow, fresh fiction from a Nobel laureate and more. Honesty is perhaps the virtue that this novel, in its undemonstrative way, most extols.
—Sam Sacks, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undemonstrative
stoic
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Guthrie, her fiancé, took to casually goading Loeb about how Twysden now spurned him, while Loeb accepted the insults with a stoic passivity, mooning over Twysden, the others felt, like a lovesick puppy.—
Tony Perrottet,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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His Superman is also very passionate and vocal, breaking from the traditionally stoic hero.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 June 2025
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“Undemonstrative.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undemonstrative. Accessed 6 Jul. 2025.
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