Dictionary

deadpan en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛdpæn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From dead + pan (“face”).

Meanings

1. Deliberately impassive or expressionless.
   • deadpan behaviour or speech
   • a deadpan face or look
2. Having such a face or look.
   • The comedian remained deadpan.

Forms

Synonyms

poker-faced

Translations (32)

tr ifadesiz (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · cs bez hnutí brvou (having such a face or look (as a person)) · it impassibile (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · hu szenvtelen (impassive (as behaviour or speech)) · fi ilmeetön (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · el αγέλαστος (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · tr duygusuz (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · da gravalvorlig (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · ja 能面のような (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · da udtryksløs (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · cs bezvýrazný (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · da udtryksløs (having such a face or look (as a person)) · cs kamenný (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · pt inexpressivo (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · fr pince-sans-rire (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · de ungerührt (having such a face or look (as a person)) · hu érzéketlen (impassive (as behaviour or speech)) · cmn but see 故作嚴肅的 /故作严肃的 (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · nb gravalvorlig (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · ru невозмути́мый (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · fi naama peruslukemilla (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · de ausdruckslos (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · sv uttryckslös (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · cs kamenný (having such a face or look (as a person)) · es inexpresivo (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · nb uttrykksløs (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · nl emotieloos (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · ru бесстра́стный (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · cs s kamennou tváří (having such a face or look (as a person)) · nl zonder uitdrukking (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look)) · sv uttryckslös (having such a face or look (as a person)) · it inespressivo (deliberately impassive or expressionless (as a face or look))

deadpan en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛdpæn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From dead + pan (“face”).

Meanings

1. In a deadpan manner.
   • A city-hired consultant from a firm called Urban Futures was booed repeatedly by the agitated homeowners as he talked deadpan, in bureaucratese, about his firm's "evidentiary record" pointing to blight in the neighborhood. 2004, Steven Greenhut, Abuse of Power: How the Government Misuses Eminent Domain, page 46:

Forms

Translations (2)

sv uttryckslöst (in a deadpan manner) · da udtryksløs (in a deadpan manner)

deadpan en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛdpæn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From dead + pan (“face”).

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A style of comedic delivery in which something humorous is said or done while not exhibiting a change in emotion or facial expression.
   • MAREK: But really the deadpan is key. You can essentially trick people into laughing at nothing. 2007, Meredith Gran, Octopus Pie #71: Deadpan:

Forms

Synonyms

deadpan humour · deadpan comedy

Translations (1)

fr pince-sans-rire (style of comedy)

deadpan en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈdɛdpæn/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From dead + pan (“face”).

Meanings

1. To express (something) in an impassive or expressionless manner.
   • Kidd deadpanned it, stared glassily back at Maitland. 2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 496:

Forms

Deriveds

deadpanner