deadpan
Collocations
4VERB + DEADPAN
remained, talked
DEADPAN + NOUN
behaviour, bureaucratese, delivery, speech
PREP.
about, in
ADV.
gravelly, really
Definitions
adj
Deliberately impassive or expressionless.
a deadpan face or look
deadpan behaviour or speech
Having such a face or look.
The comedian remained deadpan.
adv
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
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — deliberately impassive in manner
- expressionless
- impassive
- poker-faced
- unexpressive
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6a deadpan face or look
Wiktionarydeadpan behaviour or speech
WiktionaryThe comedian remained deadpan.
WiktionaryA 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 bligh
WiktionaryMAREK: But really the deadpan is key. You can essentially trick people into laughing at nothing.
WiktionaryKidd deadpanned it, stared glassily back at Maitland.
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