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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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“Actually,” says a straight-faced J.D., “medicine is the best medicine.”

From Salon • Feb. 26, 2026

“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

“The album is not comedy,” he said, straight-faced.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025

Assembling a collective of friends and collaborators including Kate Berlant, Vanessa Bayer, Conner O’Malley and others, Early has crafted something both straight-faced and silly.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

Samir turned back to the crowd and nodded at a straight-faced horseman, who said, “I heard about the Rogue Legion, and those guys in Khotan really hated the saddles you sold them.”

From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri

straight-faced

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