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straight-faced

ADJECTIVE

deadpan

Synonyms

STRONGEST

impassive stony

WEAK

blank nobody home poker-faced serious unreadable vacant wooden

Antonyms

WEAK

histrionic warm

ADJECTIVE

expressionless

Synonyms

STRONGEST

deadpan impassive inscrutable vacant

WEAK

dead dull empty fish-eyed inexpressive lackluster lusterless nobody home poker-faced stolid stupid unexpressive vacuous wooden

Antonyms

WEAK

animated demonstrative expressive

ADJECTIVE

pokerfaced

Synonyms

WEAK

blank dead deadpan dull empty fish-eyed impassive inexpressive inscrutable lackluster lusterless nobody home poker-faced stolid stupid unexpressive vacant vacuous wooden

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“Take control of your life, and by life I mean your butt,” Katz says to the camera, straight-faced.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025

But Schaffer’s take — not a new direction, but rather an ironically straight-faced reboot of the deadpan ZAZ style — supplies the well-trodden gag with a necessary contemporary jolt.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2025

Instead, it’s just a very good Amin Joseph playing his scenes straight-faced.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

Leigh Whannell, who co-wrote the script with his wife, Corbett Tuck, is into straight-faced psychological trauma over spook-show theatrics.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

She was straight-faced and matter-of-fact as she stacked up several of the spotting blocks so that she could stand level with the bar.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles

straight-faced

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