straight-faced
Showing no emotion
Straight-faced means showing no expression, especially when trying not to laugh or reveal amusement.
Someone who delivers a joke straight-faced keeps a neutral expression throughout: She told the most outrageous lies completely straight-faced.
The term often implies deliberate suppression of reaction: I couldn't keep a straight face when he walked in wearing that hat.
Showing no feeling
- poker-facedShowing no emotion
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- blankWithout marks or content
- dryFree from moisture
wry · sardonic · understated · monotone · flat · dry humor · ironic · sarcastic
Serious and dignified
- graveSerious and worrying
- earnestSincerely intense in purpose
- sternStrict or ship's aft
- unsmilingNot showing amusement
somber · dignified · sedate · composed · sincere · austere · sober · formal
Impossible to disturb
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
- imperturbableIncapable of being upset
- coolCalm or fashionable
- calmFree from agitation
collected · unfazed · steady · stoic · equanimity · sangfroid · self-control · poised
Deceiving about one's position
- pokerHearth implement for coals
- lyingStating known falsehoods
- fibbingTelling minor falsehoods
- deceptiveCreating false impressions
inscrutable · unreadable · mask · pretending · feigning · hiding · suppressing · unflinching
expressionless
Showing no feeling
- poker-facedShowing no emotion
- impassiveWithout visible emotion
- blankWithout marks or content
dry · wry · sardonic · understated · monotone · flat · dry humor · ironic · sarcastic · witty
solemn
Serious and dignified
unsmiling · somber · dignified · sedate · composed · sincere · austere · sober · formal · reserved
unflappable
Impossible to disturb
- unmovedNot stirred physically/emotionally
- imperturbableIncapable of being upset
- coolCalm or fashionable
calm · collected · unfazed · steady · stoic · equanimity · sangfroid · self-control · poised · level-headed
bluffing
Deceiving about one's position
deceptive · inscrutable · unreadable · mask · pretending · feigning · hiding · suppressing · unflinching · controlled
- humorlessnesshumorlessness, seriousness, deadpan, unsmiling, stone-faced
- Poker Facedeadpan, expressionless, unreadable, masklike, inscrutable
- subtle humorirony, dry wit, sarcasm, wordplay, deadpan
straight-facedgrinning
Showing a broad smile
smiling · smirking · laughing · beaming · expressive
straight-facedexpressive
Showing feelings outwardly
emotive · transparent · readable · open-faced · demonstrative
straight-facedcracking up
Laughing until helpless
breaking character · corpsing · losing it · in stitches · doubled over
face, straight, straighten, straightaway, straightened, straightening, straighter, straightest, straights