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Definition of expressionless in English: expressionlessadjective ɪkˈsprɛʃ(ə)nlɪs (of a person's face or voice) not conveying any emotion; unemotional. her face was expressionless Example sentencesExamples - In all the other passport style photos I had done I was always trying not to smile and just look expressionless.
- She was just still and quiet, watching people walk past with bags of Christmas shopping with an expressionless face.
- On stage, as the band around him rocks the crowd, he stands there motionless, expressionless.
- In these, and all matters, Laursen's expressionless tone and apparent insouciance can be misleading.
- Dressed in a blue jacket and blue shirt, he remained expressionless when the verdict was returned.
Synonyms inscrutable, unreadable, deadpan, poker-faced blank, empty, vacant, emotionless, unemotional, unexpressive, inexpressive glazed, fixed, lifeless, stony, wooden, impassive, inanimate, unresponsive dull, dry, toneless, monotonous, drab, boring, tedious, flat, static, wooden, unmodulated, unvarying, undemonstrative, devoid of feeling/emotion apathetic, unimpassioned, uninspiring, weak
Derivativesadverb The woman behind the counter looked up expressionlessly. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Line up, shoulder to shoulder and let me look at you,’ he barked, Tank standing off to one side, watching the group expressionlessly.
- His communications director was silently omnipresent, staring expressionlessly at his shoes for the duration of many of the prime minister's speeches.
- The three captains that stood before him stared off at the wall behind himself expressionlessly, but the lieutenant could feel their fear, radiating from them the way heat radiated from a living body.
- She looks back expressionlessly for a moment, looks back at the commanding stranger with his cruel, impatient face.
noun Alexis's face slipped back into it's normal expressionlessness. Example sentencesExamples - Her eyes were wide open and crystal clear, but instead of the warmth of lucidity, they burned with the ice of expressionlessness.
- His face was finely boned and almost feminine but its utter expressionlessness dared someone - anyone - to have the guts to call him girly.
- Allisa quickly dropped the face of near-hysterics and put on a face of expressionlessness.
- It's most noticeable in the quiet scenes where he draws nothing from his face except expressionlessness.
Definition of expressionless in US English: expressionlessadjective (of a person's face or voice) not conveying any emotion; unemotional. her face was expressionless Example sentencesExamples - In these, and all matters, Laursen's expressionless tone and apparent insouciance can be misleading.
- In all the other passport style photos I had done I was always trying not to smile and just look expressionless.
- Dressed in a blue jacket and blue shirt, he remained expressionless when the verdict was returned.
- She was just still and quiet, watching people walk past with bags of Christmas shopping with an expressionless face.
- On stage, as the band around him rocks the crowd, he stands there motionless, expressionless.
Synonyms inscrutable, unreadable, deadpan, poker-faced dull, dry, toneless, monotonous, drab, boring, tedious, flat, static, wooden, unmodulated, unvarying, undemonstrative, devoid of emotion, devoid of feeling
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