he remained impassive, showing neither interest in nor concern for our plight
a silent stolid creature who took it all as a matter of course
her face showed nothing but stolid indifference
Mnemonics (Memory Aids) for stolid
stone like
It becomes 'T' SOLID. So someone very SOLID against 'T'(ears) or emo'T'ions.
STOL(sounds like stool)..and a stool is a nonliving thing without any emotion,simillarly a STOLID is like stool without any emotion,always dull and boring.
Remember stolid as solid. As we all know that molecules in solid are not moving randomly as in liquid or gas. So they are dull. So stolid means solid and dull.
stone --> no feeling
stoic ( stubborn & emotionless ) persons are stolid.....
Stand or stone + Solid.
stolid - a lid on show or making a show of emotions