Antonyms for stolid

Grammar : Adj

Spell : stol-id

Phonetic Transcription : ˈstɒl ɪd

Definition of stolid

Origin : 1560s (implied in stolidity), from Middle French stolide (16c.), from Latin stolidus "insensible, dull, brutish," properly "unmovable," related to stultus "foolish," from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand" (see stall (n.1)).

adj apathetic, stupid

Example sentences :

A box of candy against a good cigar, they are a stolid married couple.
Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

But if stolid, Timmins had his fair share of a certain slow pugnacity.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

How stolid they were and how matter of fact and how sensible.
Extract from : « Dust » by Mr. and Mrs. Haldeman-Julius

Hiram said not a word, but he sat looking at the other in stolid silence.
Extract from : « Howard Pyle's Book of Pirates » by Howard Pyle

Eccles faced him unwillingly, with a stolid front but shifty eyes.
Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

"Emigrants have no rights, Evremonde," was the stolid reply.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

On the first day of this labor parliament, up rose a stolid Pole.
Extract from : « The Harbor » by Ernest Poole

The contemplation of this stolid ignorance—that yet knew how much?
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

He was rather a stolid fat boy, and he was sitting on the very edge, fishing.
Extract from : « The Stark Munro Letters » by J. Stark Munro

It was not quick to move or easily excited; but stolid, cautious, unambitious, procrastinating.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

Synonyms for stolid

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