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 Translation for 'stoical' from English to French
ADJ   stoical | more stoical | most stoical
SYNO stoic | stoical
stoïque {adj} [fig.]stoical [fig.]
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Translation for 'stoical' from English to French

stoical [fig.]
stoïque {adj} [fig.]
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Usage Examples English
  • There she encountered Mary Francis Bridgeman and the Sisters of Mercy and the stoical Irish Catholic soldiery.
  • The older man talks on, William's stoical patience grows deeper.
  • Abraham Davenport (1715–1789) was a Connecticut councillor and judge from Stamford. He was celebrated in a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier for his stoical reaction to New England's Dark Day (1780).
  • This, together with his reputation as a stoical but humorous personality and his notable try scoring ability have seen Webbe described as "Wales' first black icon".
  • Cissie and Ada sketches featured the two women gossiping. Their comedic mannerisms included stoical pursing of lips and constantly heaved bosoms. Cissie and Ada became a hit with the British public.

  • Henry suffers all this in stoical silence. Mackellar eventually discovers that the Master betrayed the Jacobites and sold himself out to the Hanoverian government by becoming a paid spy for King George, and that this is the real reason for his safe return.
  • Though William was outwardly stoical, it was feared that his grief might cause a fatal relapse.
  • Aztec teachers ("tlatimine") propounded a spartan regime of education with the purpose of forming a stoical people.
  • The motion picture mogul tried to remain the "stoical business man" publicly when discussing the destruction of so many films, but the psychological impact of such a calamity was immediately apparent to insiders in the rapidly expanding film industry, including to reporters for leading trade publications.
  • Music critic Johnny Rogan finds the mood of the song to be "stoical rather than despairing" and describes the lyrics as "laissez-faire".

  • Likewise Pete’s behavior is stoical even in the most threatening situations.
  • s entry on Stoicism notes, "the sense of the English adjective 'stoical' is not utterly misleading with regard to its philosophical origins".
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