The Clue
Bullet-biting type (5 letter answer)
The Answer
STOIC
Tags
Notes
The answer STOIC is seen frequently, appearing about once every 140 puzzles.
Related Clues
Impassive
Impassive one
Indifferent
Phlegmatic
Uncomplaining
Unemotional
Unemotive
Unflappable
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Austere person
Follower of Zeno
Hard to get to
Hardly emotional
Immovable type
Like Zeno
Self-controlled one
Tough guy
Zeno disciple
Zeno follower
Zeno, notably
Zeno was one
Bite-the-bullet type
Follower of the philosopher Epictetus
Hardly the screaming type
Indifferent to pleasure or pain
Giving nothing away, in a way
Having a stiff upper lip
Not reacting to pain, say
Stiff-upper-lip chap
Stiff-upper-lip type
Definition
STOIC as a noun:
1. a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"
2. (stoic, unemotional person) = someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions
STOIC as an adjective:
1. (stoic, stoical) = seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer"
2. pertaining to Stoicism or its followers