deadpan
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deadpan
- /ˈdɛdpæn/
Where it comes from
From dead + pan (“face”).
adjective more deadpan · most deadpan · dead-pan · dead pan
- Deliberately impassive or expressionless. a deadpan face or look
- Having such a face or look. The comedian remained deadpan.
Similar: poker-faced
adverb more deadpan · most deadpan · dead-pan · dead pan
- In a deadpan manner. A city-hired consultant from a firm called Urban Futures was booed repeatedly by the agitated homeowners as he talked deadpan, in bureaucratese, about his firm's "evidentiary record" pointing to blight in the neighborhood.
noun dead-pan · dead pan
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A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
MAREK: But really the deadpan is key. You can essentially trick people into laughing at nothing.
Similar: deadpan comedy, deadpan humour
verb deadpans · deadpanning · deadpanned · dead-pan · dead pan
- To express (something) in an impassive or expressionless manner. Kidd deadpanned it, stared glassily back at Maitland.
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adjective
Similar: poker-faced
Translations
Every language
adj deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)
| Español | inexpresivo |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 能面のような nō-men no yō na |
| 中文 | but see 故作嚴肅的 /故作严肃的 gǔzuò yánsùde |
| Português | inexpressivo |
| Français | pince-sans-rire |
| Deutsch | ausdruckslos |
| Italiano | impassibile, inespressivo |
| Ελληνικά | αγέλαστος agélastos |
| Русский | невозмути́мый nevozmutímyj, бесстра́стный besstrástnyj |
adj having such a face or look (as a person)
| Deutsch | ungerührt |
|---|
noun style of comedy
| Français | pince-sans-rire |
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