Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun stiff_upper_lip

1 sense of stiff upper lip

Sense 1
stiff upper lip -- (self-restraint in the expression of emotion (especially fear or grief); "the British like to keep a stiff upper lip")
       => self-restraint, temperateness -- (exhibiting restraint imposed on the self; "an effective temperateness in debate")