SNIVELLY Antonyms

• serenely self-possessed and free from agitation especially in times of stress

• having or marked by confidence or assurance

• persuaded of; very sure

• not liable to error in judgment or action

• free from external control and constraint

• (of a clause) capable of standing syntactically alone as a complete sentence

• a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics)

• a writer or artist who sells services to different employers without a long-term contract with any of them

• (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces

• not controlled by a party or interest group

• recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like

• elastic; rebounds readily

• showing poise and confidence in your own worth

• pertaining to Stoicism or its followers

• someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions

• a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno

• seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive

• not making concessions

• having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships

• substantially made or constructed

• not given to gentleness or sentimentality

• physically toughened

• resistant to cutting or chewing

• someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• very difficult; severely testing stamina or resolution

• substantially made or constructed

• violent and lawless

• feeling physical discomfort or pain (`tough' is occasionally used colloquially for `bad')

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe

• unsusceptible to or destitute of or showing no emotion

• cool and formal in manner