Dictionary

stolid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈstɑːl.ɪd/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈstɒl.ɪd/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin stolidusder. Middle French stolideder. English stolid From Middle French stolide, from Latin stolidus (“foolish, obtuse, slow”).

Meanings

1. Having or revealing little emotion or sensibility.
   • “A tinge of Jewish blood is not a bad thing. It leavens the”—she looked at him—“stolid stupidity of the ordinary Englishman.” 1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 125:
   • With his symbolic helmet numbered 451 on his stolid head, and his eyes all orange flame with the thought of what came next, he flicked the igniter and the house jumped up in a gorging fire that burned the evening sky red and yellow and black. 1950, Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451:
   • He went slowly to his tent and stretched himself on a blanket by the side of the snoring tall soldier. In the darkness he saw visions of a thousand-tongued fear that would babble at his back and cause him to flee, while others were going coolly about their country's business. He admitted that he would not be able to cope with this monster. He felt that every nerve in his body would be an ear to hear the voices, while other men would remain stolid and deaf. 1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter II, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, pages 30–31:
2. Dully or heavily stupid.
   • They (Eloi) all failed to understand my gestures; some were simply stolid, some thought it was a jest and laughed at me. 1895 May 29, H[erbert] G[eorge] Wells, chapter V, in The Time Machine: An Invention, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC:
   • Al Gore, Jr., the Democratic candidate, was Clinton's stolid heir; […] 2022, Gary Gerstle, chapter 6, in The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order […] , New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, Part II. The Neoliberal Order, 1970–2020:
   • Light laughs the breeze / In her Castle above them — / Babbles the Bee in a stolid Ear, / Pipe the Sweet Birds in ignorant cadence — / Ah, what sagacity perished here! a. 1887 (date written), Emily Dickinson, “[Book IV.—Time and Eternity] Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers”, in Mabel Loomis Todd and T[homas] W[entworth] Higginson, editors, Poems, First Series, Boston, Mass.: Roberts Brothers, published 1890, →OCLC, page 113:

Forms

Deriveds

unstolid

Relateds

stolidity · stolidly · stolidness · stultify

Synonyms

ass-brained · nitwitted · dented · wooden-headed · crackbrained · brainless · knuckleheaded · not the sharpest crayon in the box · clinical · thick as pig shit · thick as a plank · apathistical · stupid · insipid · chowderheaded · shit-for-brains · dense · dumber than a box of rocks · slow · foolish · thick as a whale omelette · lumpish · dim · woolly-headed · dumb as a post · silly · chuckleheaded · dumb as a doorknob · alexithymic · slow-witted · buffle-headed · unintelligent · bubbleheaded · vacant · flea-brained · moronic · dunderheaded · thick as champ · bullet-headed · goofy · half-witted · simple · dull · phlegmatic · dim-headed · dull-headed · thick-skulled · soft · nonfeeling · empty-headed · cold-blooded · unpassionate · unclever · unsmart · lunkheaded · thickheaded · nonpassionate · daft · immovable · puerile · mentally challenged · dumb as an ox · insensible · mentally retarded · airheaded · retarded · cerebrally challenged · dumb as dirt · thick as mince · impassible · wool-headed · braindead · dopey · doltish · emotionless · pratty · cold-hearted · imbecilic · oafish · blockheaded · fuzzy-minded · sharp as a bowling ball · dumb as a bag of hammers · dead inside · slow-witted · nonsentimental · dumb as a sack of hammers · beetle-headed · rockheaded · pudding-headed · beefheaded · quarter-witted · dim-witted · mindless · impassive · unapprehensive · thickwitted · addlepated · smooth-brained · unsentimental · Boeotian · cold-hearted · lamebrained · stolid · thick · cretinous · bee-brained · childish · stolid · half-brained · dull-witted · dim-bulb · beef-witted · nonemotional · inane · idiotic · dumb · muttonheaded · purblind · slow on the uptake · dispassionate · dumber than a rock · not the sharpest tool in the shed · witless · dull · unmovable · addlebrained · monosynaptic · sheep-headed · thickheaded · dumb as a box of rocks · ridiculous · intellectually challenged · unfeeling · not the sharpest knife in the drawer · dozy · numbskulled · drowsy · birdbrained · hammer-headed · feeble-minded · fuzzy-headed · fatheaded · thick as two short planks · woolly-minded · vacuous · obtuse · phlegmatic · dull-minded · uninformed · thick as a brick · ignorant · peabrained · unemotional · lowbrow · boofheaded · unfeeling · boneheaded · fuckwitted

Translations (36)

de stumpfsinnig (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · eo flegma (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · cs apatický (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · ru невозмутимый (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · cs otupělý (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · fi juro (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · sh равнодушно (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · it stolido (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · mk нечувствителен (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · es estólido (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · mi rare (Dully or heavily stupid, slow-witted, thickheaded.) · cmn 面无表情 (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · mi ngākaukore (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · ru тупо́й (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · de kaltherzig (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · fi ilmeetön (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · uk флегматичний (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · pt estólido (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · gd dùr (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · de gefühllos (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · de phlegmatisch (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · cs netečný (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · de ungerührt (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · de schwerfällig (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · he עצור (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · uk тупий (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · de stur (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · ru бесстра́стный (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · fr impassible (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · bg безстрастен (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · mi tītonga (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · uk беземоційний (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · bg отпуснат (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · nl uitdrukkingsloos (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · de stoisch (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility) · mk рамнодушен (having or revealing little emotion or sensibility)