blank expression
Unreadable facial display
A blank expression shows no emotion or reaction—the face reveals nothing of what the person might be thinking or feeling.
It can indicate confusion, shock, deliberate concealment, or simply absence of engagement: She stared back with a blank expression when I asked if she understood.
His blank expression gave nothing away during the interrogation.
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- vacantWithout an occupant
- stareProlonged fixed gaze
- dead eyesUnerring marksmen
- emotionlessLacking any sentiment
poker face · glazed · empty · hollow · unreadable · stoic · impassive · dull · flat · wooden · mask · zombie · shock · deer in headlights · numb · distant · spaced out · zoned out
- emotional maskingmasking, suppression, repression, hiding, bottling up
- ParkinsonismParkinson disease, tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, deep brain stimulation
- humorlessnesshumorlessness, seriousness, deadpan, poker face, stone face
- gesturesgesture, hand gestures, applause, hand raise, tap on shoulder
- silencequiet, silent, mute, hush, stillness
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
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