He glanced furtively at the stolid faces of the two detectives.
...the conflict that emerges when stolid countryfolk find themselves confronted by flighty townsfolk.
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Stolid — Stol id, a. [L. stolidus.] Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stolid — index dispassionate, jejune (dull), opaque, phlegmatic, ponderous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
stolid — 1560s (implied in stolidity), from M.Fr. stolide (16c.), from L. stolidus insensible, dull, brutish, properly unmovable, related to stultus foolish, from PIE root *stel to put, stand (see STALL (Cf. stall) (n.1)) … Etymology dictionary
stolid — *impassive, phlegmatic, apathetic Analogous words: *dull, blunt, obtuse: *stupid, slow, dull, dense, crass, dumb: *heavy, ponderous: passive, supine, inert, *inactive Antonyms: adroit (sense 2) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
stolid — [adj] apathetic, stupid blunt, bovine, dense, doltish, dry, dull, dumb, heavy, impassive, inactive, indifferent, inert, lumpish, matter of fact, obtuse, passive, phlegmatic, slow, stoic, supine, unemotional, unexcitable, wooden; concepts 401,402… … New thesaurus
stolid — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation. DERIVATIVES stolidity noun stolidly adverb. ORIGIN Latin stolidus, perhaps related to stultus foolish … English terms dictionary
stolid — [stäl′id] adj. [L stolidus, firm, slow, stupid: for IE base see STILL1] having or showing little or no emotion or sensitivity; unexcitable; impassive SYN. IMPASSIVE stolidity [stə lid′ə tē] n. stolidness stolidly adv … English World dictionary
stolid — adjective /ˈstɒl.ɪd,ˈstɑ.lɪd/ Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility. They (Eloi) all failed to understand my gestures; some were simply stolid, some thought it was a jest and laughed at me … Wiktionary
stolid — See solid. See solid, stolid … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
stolid — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. inexcitable, impassive, dull, lethargic, sluggish. See ignorance, inexcitability. Ant., energetic, excitable. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. unexcitable, impassive, apathetic; see indifferent 1 . See… … English dictionary for students
