"deadpan" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈdɛdpæn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deadpan.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more deadpan [comparative], most deadpan [superlative]
Etymology: dead + pan (“face”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dead|pan|t2=face}} dead + pan (“face”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} deadpan (comparative more deadpan, superlative most deadpan)
  1. Deliberately impassive or expressionless. Translations (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)): but see 故作嚴肅的 (Chinese Mandarin), 故作严肃的 (gǔzuò yánsùde) (Chinese Mandarin), udtryksløs (Danish), gravalvorlig (Danish), emotieloos (Dutch), zonder uitdrukking (Dutch), ilmeetön (Finnish), naama peruslukemilla (Finnish), pince-sans-rire (French), ausdruckslos (German), αγέλαστος (agélastos) (Greek), impassibile (Italian), inespressivo (Italian), 能面のような (nō-men no yō na) (alt: のうめんのような) (Japanese), uttrykksløs (Norwegian Bokmål), gravalvorlig (Norwegian Bokmål), inexpressivo (Portuguese), невозмути́мый (nevozmutímyj) (Russian), бесстра́стный (besstrástnyj) (Russian), inexpresivo (Spanish), uttryckslös (Swedish), ifadesiz (Turkish), duygusuz (Turkish) Translations (impassive (as behaviour or speech)): érzéketlen (Hungarian), szenvtelen (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-deadpan-en-adj-lSfwF2Yq Disambiguation of 'deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)': 80 20 Disambiguation of 'impassive (as behaviour or speech)': 97 3
  2. Having such a face or look. Translations (having such a face or look (as a person)): udtryksløs (Danish), ungerührt (German), uttryckslös (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deadpan-en-adj-lnheiAss Disambiguation of 'having such a face or look (as a person)': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: poker-faced, dead-pan, dead pan

Adverb

IPA: /ˈdɛdpæn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deadpan.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more deadpan [comparative], most deadpan [superlative]
Etymology: dead + pan (“face”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dead|pan|t2=face}} dead + pan (“face”) Head templates: {{en-adv}} deadpan (comparative more deadpan, superlative most deadpan)
  1. In a deadpan manner. Translations (in a deadpan manner): udtryksløs (Danish), uttryckslöst (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-deadpan-en-adv-s0pbrj3z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dead-pan, dead pan

Noun

IPA: /ˈdɛdpæn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deadpan.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: dead + pan (“face”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dead|pan|t2=face}} dead + pan (“face”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} deadpan (uncountable)
  1. A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression. Tags: uncountable Synonyms: deadpan comedy, deadpan humour Translations (style of comedy): pince-sans-rire [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-deadpan-en-noun-Ma9MuTzM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 2 1 51 15 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 3 3 57 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dead-pan, dead pan

Verb

IPA: /ˈdɛdpæn/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-deadpan.wav [Southern-England] Forms: deadpans [present, singular, third-person], deadpanning [participle, present], deadpanned [participle, past], deadpanned [past]
Etymology: dead + pan (“face”) Etymology templates: {{compound|en|dead|pan|t2=face}} dead + pan (“face”) Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} deadpan (third-person singular simple present deadpans, present participle deadpanning, simple past and past participle deadpanned)
  1. To express (oneself) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
    Sense id: en-deadpan-en-verb-F9wre3JK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dead-pan, dead pan

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "code": "cmn",
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      "note": "no equivalent term in Mandarin",
      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "but see 故作嚴肅的"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "故作严肃的"
    },
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      "word": "udtryksløs"
    },
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "gravalvorlig"
    },
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      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "emotieloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "zonder uitdrukking"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "ilmeetön"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "naama peruslukemilla"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "pince-sans-rire"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "ausdruckslos"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "agélastos",
      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "αγέλαστος"
    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "impassibile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "inespressivo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のうめんのような",
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      "roman": "nō-men no yō na",
      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "能面のような"
    },
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      "word": "uttrykksløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
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      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "gravalvorlig"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "inexpressivo"
    },
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      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "невозмути́мый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "besstrástnyj",
      "sense": "deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)",
      "word": "бесстра́стный"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "inexpresivo"
    },
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      "word": "uttryckslös"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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      "word": "ifadesiz"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
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      "word": "duygusuz"
    },
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "having such a face or look (as a person)",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "having such a face or look (as a person)",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "impassive (as behaviour or speech)",
      "word": "érzéketlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "impassive (as behaviour or speech)",
      "word": "szenvtelen"
    }
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}

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