Deadpan

Quick meaning: Deadpan is an adjective meaning Deliberately impassive or expressionless.

Meaning

Deliberately impassive or expressionless.

More Meanings

1. Having such a face or look.
2. In a deadpan manner.
3. A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
4. To express (something) in an impassive or expressionless manner.

Example Sentences

a deadpan face or look

deadpan behaviour or speech

The comedian remained deadpan.

Kidd deadpanned it, stared glassily back at Maitland.

Word Forms

• dead-pan
• dead pan
• deadpans
• deadpanning
• deadpanned

Synonyms for deadpan

Depending on context, synonyms include poker-faced, impassive, expressionless, uncommunicative, unexpressive, incommunicative.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include impassive, expressionless, poker-faced, uncommunicative, unexpressive, incommunicative.

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