'Stoical' definitions:
Definition of 'stoical'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer" [syn: stoic, stoical]
Definition of 'Stoical'
From: GCIDE
- Stoic \Sto"ic\, Stoical \Sto"ic*al\, a. [L. stoicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. sto["i]que. See Stoic, n.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to the Stoics; resembling the Stoics or their doctrines. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Not affected by passion; manifesting indifference to pleasure or pain; especially, bearing pain, suffering, or bad fortune without complaint. -- {Sto"ic*al*ly}, adv. -- {Sto"ic*al*ness}, n. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'stoical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apathetic,
- calm,
- cool,
- disciplined,
- dispassionate,
- emotionless,
- frigid,
- impassive,
- imperturbable,
- indifferent,
- long-suffering,
- phlegmatic,
- resigned,
- self-controlled,
- self-possessed,
- stoic,
- stolid,
- unemotional,
- unflappable