EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR DEADPAN
Suzanne looked closely at him—he was so deadpan, it was hard to tell what was on his mind.
She continued to stare, deadpan and blank-eyed, with no answering flicker of a smile.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR DEADPAN
sobersided
adjectiveserious- austere
- bound
- bound and determined
- businesslike
- cold sober
- contemplative
- deadpan
- deliberate
- determined
- downbeat
- earnest
- funereal
- genuine
- go for broke
- grave
- grim
- honest
- in earnest
- intent
- long-faced
- meditative
- no-nonsense
- pensive
- pokerfaced
- reflective
- resolute
- resolved
- sedate
- set
- severe
- sincere
- sober
- solemn
- staid
- steady
- stern
- thoughtful
- unhumorous
- unsmiling
- weighty
straight face
nounserious expressionunemotional
adjectivenot responsive- along for the ride
- apathetic
- blah
- callous
- chill
- cold
- coldhearted
- cool
- deadpan
- dispassionate
- emotionless
- flat
- frigid
- glacial
- going with the flow
- hard-boiled
- hard-hearted
- heartless
- impassive
- indifferent
- insensitive
- laid-back
- listless
- marble
- obdurate
- passionless
- phlegmatic
- quiet
- reserved
- reticent
- rolling with the punches
- thick-skinned
- uncompassionate
- undemonstrative
- unexcitable
- unfeeling
- unimpressionable
- unresponsive
- unsympathetic
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