po-faced in English

adjective
1
humorless and disapproving.
don't be so po-faced about everything

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1. Two po-faced men came to inspect the house.

2. And she added something po-faced about toleration and talent.

3. She remained po-faced all evening, even when the rest of us were in stitches at Bob's jokes.

4. 27 Their smiles were like a knowing wink: sussed and street-wise without being in the least dour or po-faced.

5. The writer's po-faced style occasionally irritates: do people really need reminding that cases of bubonic plague should be treated immediately?