Synonyms for stiff upper lip
stiff upper lip

Princeton's WordNet

1. stiff upper lipnoun

   self-restraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief)

   "the British like to keep a stiff upper lip"

Matched Categories

1. • Self-restraint

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1. David Yelland:

   Clearly Meghan and Harry don't want to go along with what you might call the social contract... where they get kicked around in the media but it's a stiff upper lip and you carry on.

2. South Dakota:

   I think there are technical and political reasons that they can't do this next week, but I just don't think they've come to that conclusion yet because they can not afford to, they have to keep a stiff upper lip.

3. Shane Jones:

   You can’t see mental health, and we don’t like to talk about it, we say we’re ‘fine’ and keep a stiff upper lip, but while it can be hard to speak out people, will listen and it does help.

4. Michael Winner:

   Richard Todd was the most wonderful type of British stiff upper lip acting

5. Phoebe Cary:

   And though hard be the task, 'Keep a stiff upper lip'.