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deadpan

/ˈdɛdpæn/ · noun

Meaning

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

Etymology / origin

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Related words

impassive(English)expressionless(English)poker-faced(English)uncommunicative(English)unexpressive(English)incommunicative(English)dead-pan(English)dead pan(English)monotone(English)sardonic(English)humor(English)humour(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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