stolidity
101impassive — impassive, stoic, phlegmatic, apathetic, stolid are comparable when they mean slightly if at all responsive to something that might be expected to excite emotion or interest or to produce a sensation. The distinctions to be drawn between these… …
102impassivity — impassivity, impassiveness apathy, stolidity, phlegm, stoicism (see under IMPASSIVE) …
103impassiveness — impassivity, impassiveness apathy, stolidity, phlegm, stoicism (see under IMPASSIVE) …
104phlegm — 1 impassivity, stolidity, apathy, stoicism (see under IMPASSIVE) Analogous words: insensibility, insensitiveness, impassibility, anesthesia (see corresponding adjectives at INSENSIBLE) 2 *equanimity, composure, sangfroid Analogous words:… …
105stoicism — *impassivity, phlegm, apathy, stolidity (see under IMPASSIVE) Analogous words: *fortitude, grit, backbone, pluck, guts, sand: detachment, aloofness, indifference, unconcernedness or unconcern (see corresponding adjectives at INDIFFERENT) …
106stupid — adj Stupid, slow, dull, dense, crass, dumb are comparable when they mean conspicuously lacking in intelligence or power to absorb ideas or impressions or exhibiting such a lack. Stupid can apply to a sluggish slow witted lack of intelligence,… …
107stupor — torpor, torpidity, lassitude, *lethargy, languor Analogous words: phlegm, impassivity, stolidity (see under IMPASSIVE): inertness or inertia, passivity, supineness, inactivity, idleness (see corresponding adjectives at INACTIVE): insensibility,… …
108torpor — *torpidity, stupor, *lethargy, languor, lassitude Analogous words: apathy, phlegm, impassivity, stolidity (see under IMPASSIVE): inertness or inertia, passiveness, inactivity (see corresponding adjectives at INACTIVE) Antonyms: animation …
109zeal — enthusiasm, fervor, ardor, *passion Analogous words: energy, force (see POWER): zest, gusto (see TASTE): earnestness, seriousness (see corresponding adjectives at SERIOUS): intensity, vehemence, fierceness (see corresponding adjectives at… …
110apathy — n 1. impassivity, dispassion, lack of feeling or emotion, insentience, insensibility, unfeelingness, numbness; coolness, coldness, frigidity; phlegm, lethargy, languor, listlessness, dullness, stolidity, sluggishness, torpor; inertness,… …
