deadpan in English

adjective

1

deliberately impassive or expressionless.

answers his phone in a deadpan tone

synonyms: blank, expressionless, inexpressive, impassive, inscrutable, poker-faced, straight-faced, stony, wooden, vacant, fixed, lifeless

adverb

1

in a deadpan manner.

Pollsters themselves, and the media who report their findings deadpan , are partly responsible for this.

verb

1

say something amusing while affecting a serious manner.

“I'm an undercover dentist,” he deadpanned

adjective

• blank, expressionless, inexpressive, impassive, inscrutable, poker-faced, straight-faced, stony, wooden, vacant, fixed, lifeless
• impassive, poker-faced, expressionless, unexpressive

Use "deadpan" in a sentence

1. So you can do deadpan.

2. 10 She delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice.

3. Before it was a comedy series, Curb was a deadpan 1999 mockumentary

4. The Bellmen's comedy riff and deadpan humor follows the beat of its own drum

5. The Bellmen's comedy riff and deadpan humor follows the beat of its own drum

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7. 24 With his Soft Machine background, his deadpan baritone, his witty lyrics and catchy tunes, how could he fail?

8. 18 This, and the fact that Mike was a competitor, seemed to get Dmitri edgy: his face went entirely deadpan.

9. Buster Keaton, American film comedian and director, the ‘Great Stone Face,’ known for his deadpan expression and his imaginative and often elaborate visual comedy

10. There are loopy, deadpan monologues about people's ''real inner disgustingness'' in these stories, as well as farcical Barterings of society gossip, stoned riffs on the subject of smoking and

11. 3 Jimmy Carr James Anthony Patrick "Jimmy" Carr is an English stand-up Comedian, television host and actor, known for his signature laugh, deadpan delivery, dark humour, and use of edgy one-liners.

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