blank stare
Expressionless eye contact
A blank stare is a look that conveys no emotion or recognition—eyes fixed but expressionless, as if the mind behind them has gone temporarily vacant.
It may signal confusion, shock, boredom, or deliberate detachment: She gave me a blank stare when I asked about the meeting.
His joke was met with blank stares.
- vacantWithout an occupant
- glazedCoated with shiny finish
- expressionlessShowing no feeling
- emptyHolding nothing inside
- dead eyesUnerring marksmen
deadpan · poker face · dazed · unfocused · hollow · distant · zoned · zoned out · spaced · spaced out · trance · lost in thought · shock · deer in headlights · numb · catatonic · stupor · dissociation
- blank expressionspoker face, deadpan, expressionless, stone face, straight face
- brush-offsbrush off, brush-off, cold shoulder, ignore, snub
- playing dumbfeign ignorance, willful ignorance, selective memory
- stage mishapsmissed cue, line flub, tripping, stumble, trip
- cluelessnessobliviousness, unawareness, ignorance, clueless, vacant look
- boredomboredom, ennui, tedium, monotony, dullness
blank stareknowing look
Expression conveying shared understanding
beaming smile · meaningful glance · loving gaze · scowl · snarl
blank stareeye contact
Direct visual connection
warm smile · meaningful look · loving gaze · friendly wave · acknowledgment
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