stoic
/ˈstəʊ.ɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈstoʊ.ɪk/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈstō-ik/ (ame, mw) · /ˈstəʊɪk/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈstəʊɪk/ (ame, ipa)
stoic — adjective
- stoicpositive
- more stoiccomparative
- most stoicsuperlative
1. staying calm and quiet about pain, sadness, or trouble instead of letting other
staying calm and quiet about pain, sadness, or trouble instead of letting other people see how much it hurts you
Jude stayed stoic at his grandmother's funeral, even though his hands were shaking.
stoic describing calm behaviour during a sad event
The nurse admired how stoic the old soldier was about the pain in his knee.
stoic + about [the thing being endured]
Layla gave a stoic shrug when the coach cut her from the team.
After losing the farm, the whole family kept a stoic silence at dinner.
Eli was stoic about the bad news, but later cried alone in the car.
- impassive
shows no emotion at all, even on the face; colder than stoic
- uncomplaining
plainer word; focuses only on not complaining
- composed
calm and in control, but without the sense of enduring hardship
- emotional
openly shows strong feelings
- melodramatic
shows far more feeling than the situation calls for
用法筆記
Often followed by 'about' + the hardship being endured (stoic about the pain, stoic about the loss). The calmness is a deliberate refusal to show feeling, not a real lack of feeling.
常見錯誤
stoic — noun
- stoicsingular
- stoicsplural
1. a person who stays calm and accepts pain or difficulty without complaining or le
a person who stays calm and accepts pain or difficulty without complaining or letting their feelings show
Joaquín was such a stoic that nobody knew he had been ill for months.
such a stoic that + result clause
Imani is a real stoic, working through the back pain without a single word.
a real stoic for emphasis
The captain was a stoic, steering the boat calmly through the worst of the storm.
Only a stoic could have sat through that long, painful treatment so quietly.
- complainer
someone who talks often about their problems and pain
用法筆記
Used as a count noun, usually with 'a' or 'such a'. Describes someone by their habit of bearing hardship quietly, not by a single calm moment.