stoic

Definitions

A person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining.

Relating to the school of philosophy that teaches the avoidance of desire and the endurance of pain as a means to virtue.

Examples

Despite the devastating news, he remained stoic and refused to show any emotion.

Her stoic expression made it impossible to tell whether she was pleased or disappointed with the results.

The soldiers maintained a stoic silence as they marched through the rain.

Synonyms

impassive stolid unemotional apathetic phlegmatic indifferent unruffled

Antonyms

emotional passionate expressive excitable sensitive impulsive demonstrative