po-faced

adjective

ˈpō-ˌfāst 

British

: having an assumed solemn, serious, or earnest expression or manner : piously or hypocritically solemn

Synonyms

• earnest
• grave
• humorless
• no-nonsense
• sedate
• serious
• severe
• sober
• sobersided
• solemn
• staid
• uncomic
• unsmiling
• weighty

Examples of po-faced in a Sentence

we rarely invite her to our parties because she's always so po-faced

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from po chamber pot, toilet, from French pot pot

First Known Use

1934, in the meaning defined above