"straight face" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˌstɹeɪt ˈfeɪs/ Audio: En-au-straight face.ogg [Australia] Forms: straight faces [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} straight face (plural straight faces)
  1. (idiomatic) A face that is expressionless, especially not laughing. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: straight-faced, straight-face test Related terms: straight man Coordinate_terms: poker face, put on a brave face Translations (Translations): vakava ilme (Finnish), pokka [colloquial] (Finnish), muka lempeng (Indonesian), poważna mina [feminine] (Polish), compostura [feminine] (Spanish), seriedad [feminine] (Spanish), rostro serio [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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