Definition of stolid Stolid

/stɑˈlʌd/ - [stalud] - stol•id

We found 5 definitions of stolid from 5 different sources.

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What does stolid mean?

WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

stolid - having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited; "her impassive remoteness"; "he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight"- Nordhoff & Hall; "a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf; "her face showed nothing but stolid indifference"
  impassive
  unemotional unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • stolid (a.)
    Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • stolid
    stol′id, adj. dull: heavy: stupid: foolish.—n. Stolid′ity, Stol′idness, state of being stolid: dullness of intellect.—adv. Stol′idly. [L. stolidus.]

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  • stolid, adjective.

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