Yahoo Web Search

Sign In

Search results

  1. Dictionary
    stol·id
    /ˈstäləd/

    adjective

    • 1. (of a person) calm, dependable, and showing little emotion or animation: "a stolid bourgeois gent"

    Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

    More definitions, origin and scrabble points

  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › stolidStolid Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of STOLID is having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional. How to use stolid in a sentence. Sharpen Up With the History of Stolid Synonym Discussion of Stolid.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSTOLID | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    STOLID definition: 1. (of a person) calm and not showing emotion or excitement : 2. (of a thing) not interesting or…. Learn more.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › stolidSTOLID Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Stolid definition: not easily stirred or moved mentally; unemotional; impassive.. See examples of STOLID used in a sentence.

  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › stolidStolid - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    adjective. having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; not easily aroused or excited. “"a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course"-Virginia Woolf” “her face showed nothing but stolid indifference” synonyms: impassive. unemotional. unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion. Cite this entry. Style: MLA.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySTOLID | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    STOLID meaning: 1. (of a person) calm and not showing emotion or excitement : 2. (of a thing) not interesting or…. Learn more.

  7. www.thefreedictionary.com › stolidStolid - definition of stolid by The Free Dictionary

    stol·id. (stŏl′ĭd) adj. stol·id·er, stol·id·est. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility; impassive: "the incredibly massive and stolid bureaucracy of the Soviet system" (John Kenneth Galbraith). [Latin stolidus, stupid; see stel- in Indo-European roots .]

  8. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishSTOLID definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] If you describe someone as stolid, you mean that they do not show much emotion or are not very exciting or interesting. He glanced furtively at the stolid faces of the two detectives. ...stolid countryfolk.

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › us › definitionstolid adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    adjective. /ˈstɒlɪd/ /ˈstɑːlɪd/ (usually disapproving) not showing much emotion or interest; remaining always the same and not reacting or changing. Mark sat stolid and silent. She looked up at her stolid employer and wished he would unbend just a little. Word Origin. Definitions on the go.

  10. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionarySTOLID | definition in the Cambridge Learner’s Dictionary

    STOLID meaning: calm and not showing emotion or excitement. Learn more.

  11. www.ldoceonline.com › dictionary › stolidstolid | meaning of stolid in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary...

    stolid meaning, definition, what is stolid: someone who is stolid does not react to ...: Learn more.