stiff upper lipnoun [ C usually singular ]
uk/ˌstɪf ˌʌp.ə ˈlɪp/us/ˌstɪf ˌʌp.ɚ ˈlɪp/Someone who has a stiff upper lip does not show their feelings when they are upset:
He was taught to keep a stiff upper lip, whatever happens.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Not showing or feeling emotions
- anodyne
- belie
- bite
- bite your lip idiom
- clinically
- detachment
- emptiness
- evenly
- expressionless
- glaze
- hard-bitten
- icy
- immune
- phlegmatic
- po-faced
- poker-faced
- reserved
- sphinx-like
- stoic
- stoicism
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