stoical

stoical
stoically, adv.stoicalness, n.
/stoh"i keuhl/, adj.
1. impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
2. (cap.) of or pertaining to the Stoics.
[1400-50; ME; see STOIC, -AL1]
Syn. 1. imperturbable, cool, indifferent.
Ant. 1. sympathetic, warm, demonstrative, effusive.

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