Thesaurus / deadpan
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Her vocal-fry-inflected monotone that Kardashian fans know and love, perfect for delivering deadpan insults like, “Kim, there’s people that are dying,” is simply not meant to land corny Netflix jokes.
‘HE’S ALL THAT’ PROVES ADDISON RAE AND KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN CAN’T ACTJORDAN JULIANAUGUST 27, 2021THE DAILY BEASTA double mastectomy and a life-threatening intestinal infection later, Notaro’s ability to turn painful situations into laughable onstage anecdotes with almost deadpan perfection has held her in great stead.
18 COMICS OF TOMORROWSOHINI DAS GUPTAAUGUST 1, 2021OZYThis is where Jim Halpert turns to the camera with a deadpan expression.
KEVIN MCCARTHY LIVES IN AN IDYLLIC UNIVERSE WHERE HIS PARTY NO LONGER QUESTIONS THE 2020 ELECTION RESULTSPHILIP BUMPMAY 12, 2021WASHINGTON POSTIf you’ve seen Andersson’s 2014 A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, you’ll be prepared for this movie’s dandelion puffs of off-kilter humor, and for its deadpan exploration of the textures of everyday living.
ROY ANDERSSON'S QUIETLY GORGEOUS ABOUT ENDLESSNESS EXPLORES QUESTIONS FOR WHICH THERE ARE NO ANSWERSSTEPHANIE ZACHAREKAPRIL 29, 2021TIME“I’m patient because I cannot really run fast, and that’s my only option,” he said, with a deadpan.
NIKOLA JOKIĆ IS A TORTOISE, AND HE’S BEATING ALL OF THE HARESCHRIS HERRING (CHRIS.HERRING@FIVETHIRTYEIGHT.COM)SEPTEMBER 24, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTHalfway across the lobby, a tall swarthy man with one of those deadpan faces rose to greet him.
HOODED DETECTIVE, VOLUME III NO. 2, JANUARY, 1942VARIOUSShe continued to stare, deadpan and blank-eyed, with no answering flicker of a smile.
THE STARS, MY BROTHERSEDMOND HAMILTONSuzanne looked closely at him—he was so deadpan, it was hard to tell what was on his mind.
MAKERSCORY DOCTOROWWORDS RELATED TO DEADPAN
- 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
- 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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