expressionless
Showing no emotion
Expressionless describes a face or voice showing no emotion—blank, unreadable, impossible to interpret.
An expressionless stare reveals nothing of what the person is thinking or feeling.
The word often suggests deliberate concealment: Her face remained expressionless as she heard the verdict.
Lacking outward feeling
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- stone-facedRevealing no expression
- woodenMade from timber
- flatLacking vertical variation
vacant · glassy-eyed · emotionless · affectless · unreadable · masklike · glazed · empty
Cannot be deciphered
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- mysteriousBeyond easy comprehension
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
- crypticObscure in meaning
sphinx-like · unfathomable · opaque · secretive · guarded · veiled · hidden · unknowable
Emotionally withdrawn, uninviting
dispassionate · reserved · withdrawn · removed · disconnected · guarded · closed-off · unrevealing
Calm and self-possessed
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
- unflappableImpossible to disturb
- imperturbableIncapable of being upset
- stolidUnemotional and calm
phlegmatic · placid · serene · calm · controlled · restrained · collected · equanimous
unemotional
Lacking outward feeling
- deadpanExpressionless, especially for humor
- stone-facedRevealing no expression
- woodenMade from timber
flat · vacant · glassy-eyed · emotionless · affectless · unreadable · masklike · glazed · empty · hollow
unreadable
Cannot be deciphered
- enigmaticPuzzling and obscure
- mysteriousBeyond easy comprehension
- impenetrableImpossible to pass through
cryptic · sphinx-like · unfathomable · opaque · secretive · guarded · veiled · hidden · unknowable · poker-faced
aloof
Emotionally withdrawn, uninviting
cool · dispassionate · reserved · withdrawn · removed · disconnected · guarded · closed-off · unrevealing · impersonal
composed
Calm and self-possessed
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
- unflappableImpossible to disturb
- imperturbableIncapable of being upset
stolid · phlegmatic · placid · serene · calm · controlled · restrained · collected · equanimous · self-possessed
- blank expressionspoker face, blank stare, deadpan, stone face, straight face
- Poker Facepoker face, deadpan, unreadable, masklike, inscrutable
- robotic traitsmechanical, automated, programmed, monotone, machinelike
- emptinessemptiness, void, vacuum, nothingness, blank
- introvertsintrovert, introverted, shy, reserved, loner
- detachmentemotional numbness, detached, dispassion, disengaged, indifference
expressionlessexpressive
Showing feelings outwardly
animated · lively · demonstrative · emotive · gestural
expressionlesscommunicative
Apt to share information
revealing · responsive · expressive · revelatory · transparent