straight-faced

adjective

Definition of straight-facednext
as in deadpan

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straight-faced
  1. deadpan
  2. expressionless
  3. bland
  4. wooden
  5. stoic
  6. inexpressive
  7. dry
  8. stolid
Adjective
  • Working with high ranking creatives and executives including Douglas Fairbanks, Joseph M. Schenck and Edward F. Cline, he became known for performing exaggerated stunts and physical comedy with a deadpan facial expression.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Wet Leg, with its deadpan wit and post-punk guitar sound, loosely resembles the B-52s, if Cindy Wilson and Kate Pierson had led the band.
    John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 16 Jan. 2023
Definition of deadpan
Adjective
  • Subjects were shown pictures of two expressionless male faces over and over.
    Elizabeth Preston, Discover Magazine, 11 Sep. 2012
  • Bale ran to the corner of the pitch, and, having been an expressionless bystander for much of the evening, shouted in ecstasy.
    Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
Definition of expressionless
Adjective
  • The answer is quite simple but hardly not satisfying: His players are bland.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • My only real complaint is that, apart from the weapons, the mecha looked like they were designed by a committee and were a bit bland.
    Ollie Barder, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of bland
Adjective
  • The centerpiece is a floor-to-ceiling bluestone fireplace that’s surrounded by huge windows, skylights, and wooden beams.
    Clio Chang, Curbed, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The wooden beams and exposed stone apertures in the walls remind you of the heritage that lies in the bones of the house.
    Angelina Villa-Clarke, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of wooden
Adjective
  • Weekly Newsletter In place of a stoic effort to avoid the influence of emotion, thirteenth-century thinkers including Thomas Aquinas sought to use reason to direct the passions correctly, turning them into tools for self-improvement.
    Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Gladstone has come to specialize in playing close-to-the-vest types, women who can be secretive and watchful but are hardly stoic or repressed.
    Dana Stevens, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of stoic
Adjective
  • Instead, every inexpressive shot and edit connects Gladiator II to Coppola’s Megalopolis and Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon.
    Armond White, National Review, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The pic spawned a 1982 kitchen-sink sequel that brought most of the band back together and continued the knee-slapping or face-palming punchlines, unrepentant sight gags and inexpressive line readings — fourth wall be damned.
    Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
Definition of inexpressive
Adjective
  • Make sure your tools are completely dry before storing them in your garage, basement, potting shed, or other dry location.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
  • Cold weather always brings its own set of challenges, and one common winter woe is the discomfort of dry and chapped lips.
    Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 7 Dec. 2024
Definition of dry
Adjective
  • Blink Twice nods at a tangle of different contemporary ailments: lifestyle fetishism, wellness hedonism, our obscene fealty to stolid tech bros and their untrammeled wealth.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Allies say Starmer’s stolid exterior hides a steely ambition and a determination to win.
    Jill Lawless, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 May 2024
Definition of stolid
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Thesaurus Entries Near straight-faced

straighten (up or out)

straight-faced

straightforward

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