Definition of deadpan in English:

deadpan

adjectiveˈdɛdpanˈdɛdˌpæn

Impassive or expressionless.
she delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice
Example sentencesExamples
- He's slightly detached, everything delivered in deadpan Liverpudlian tones, like he's doing some spoof of Ringo Starr.
- He's never been the most expressive of actors but here is deadpan to the point of catatonia at times.
- The movie's deadpan tone is perfectly suited to the humour in the material and also keeps Bukowski's own sentimental streak in check.
- Truss's voice is deadpan, her asides are witty, and she is never condescending about misuse of the language.
- Rolling her eyes, Mira remained deadpan, her face as expressionless as an empty platter.
- The actors move as though struck with severe stage fright: wooden, deadpan and without any remote glimmer of expression.
- But the face expresses the same deadpan ferocity as the film.
- Looking out over a million square miles or so of Indian Ocean, I kept my expression deadpan.
- Stoic bafflement - a deadpan stare into the camera - is Geist's usual game.
- In fact, Sheen had most of the best lines, although I could be prejudiced by the fact that he has one of the best deadpan deliveries in the business.
- Whitford especially is a comic gift to any director, capable of the sort of arrogance, deadpan humor and blank-faced terror that Bill Murray has perfected.
- Despite his deadpan expression, I could tell that he was pleased.
- There was a good deal of narrative alternating with enactment, all presented in an understated, even deadpan, style.
- You'll never see a movie with more deadpan, underemphasized humor in it than this one.
- His expression was deadpan, but I detected the anger.
- The deadpan expression he wears in almost every scene might seem like heroic stoicism, but it's also the face of deep denial.
- His features were deadpan but his voice was bursting with emotion.
- Much of the humor comes from the deadpan bowling instructions voiceover that accompanies the dancers' goofy antics.
- Even as her voice drips sarcasm, her deadpan expression doesn't change.
- The latter work is done drily, with humor of the most deadpan variety; one never believes that this apprentice truly was in danger.
Synonyms
blank, expressionless, unexpressive, inexpressive, impassive, inscrutable, poker-faced, straight-faced, dispassionate, unresponsive, stony, wooden, empty, vacant, glazed, fixed, lifeless

adverbˈdɛdpanˈdɛdˌpæn

In a deadpan manner.
‘That's all right then,’ Claire said, deadpan
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘You forget - I have to ask your father for your hand in marriage tomorrow morning,’ David said, dead-pan. ‘After that, I can do anything.’
- and was less than impressed when the teller told her, dead-pan, that she had never heard of her.
- ‘I hope that Roy Keane is not playing,’ says Arveladze deadpan while shifting his gaze.
- I don't think I was prepared for how deadpan funny she is.
- Lewis took his lead from the atmosphere around him and delivered his instructions deadpan.
- I replied dead-pan and turned back to face the drinks I was sorting out.
- Pollsters themselves, and the media who report their findings deadpan, are partly responsible for this.
- Newsreaders are expected to deliver stories deadpan.
- Levy is dazed and robotic, and O'Hara is subtle and deadpan sly.
- The advice is often both ludicrous and enlightening at once, and is delivered dead-pan by Chevy Chase.
- She uttered this deadpan, as if this was inescapable logic that justified everything that was happening to me.
- Tsai's mood is absolutely unique because it can be deeply sad and deadpan funny, highly metaphorical and stubbornly concrete at the same time.
- He speaks slowly and deliberately, deadpan and measured.
- Nova looked at Mr. Hamilton deadpan and shifted his eyes toward Jocelyn who was sitting at her desk with an unreadable look.
- His story about the book was one big joke, but he delivered it deadpan.
- If you can say it deadpan and just fast enough but not too fast, they don't even think about questioning it.

verbdeadpanned, deadpanning, deadpansˈdɛdpanˈdɛdˌpæn

with direct speech Say something amusing while affecting a serious manner.
‘I'm an undercover dentist,’ he dead-panned
Example sentencesExamples
- ‘It sounds fabulous,’ he dead-panned, before turning his back on me to greet his public.
- Quizzed on whether he was surprised that Hamilton got the nod ahead of his young lock, the Edinburgh coach dead-panned: ‘I can't possibly comment on that… but yes.
- ‘You know, if you take a coin and scratch the paint, you can tell whether one of these is real of not,’ Chase dead-panned.
- There was silence for a minute until Jessi dead-panned, ‘Damn, he knows the secret.’
- Bill Murray affirms himself as a true incarnation of insincerity in the briefest of cameos, deadpanning the line "Honestly, I wouldn't miss this for the world" at a lame party.
- They cut to a commercial, and when the show came back on, Carson and the bare-chested guests were seated and he looked into the camera and dead-panned, ‘Welcome to Rawhide.’
- Shi and Chi froze, just as Sailor Captain Tsukiou dead-panned, ‘I wouldn't be harming my Sailor Commander, if I were you.’
- ‘I'm a Napoli supporter,’ Paul dead-panned, with impeccable comic timing.
- Harrison intentionally deadpanned the narration because he wanted it NOT used.
- Skovdahl dead-panned: ‘That was the kind of goal I used to score.’
- Bombs had been thrown around in this country before, the prime minister dead-panned.
- Baillie dead-panned that the first Scotland boss he covered was Tommy Docherty and it had been ‘downhill ever since’.

Rhymes

bedpan

Definition of deadpan in US English:

deadpan

adjectiveˈdɛdˌpænˈdedˌpan

Deliberately impassive or expressionless.
answers his phone in a deadpan tone
deadpan humor
Example sentencesExamples
- The latter work is done drily, with humor of the most deadpan variety; one never believes that this apprentice truly was in danger.
- You'll never see a movie with more deadpan, underemphasized humor in it than this one.
- Looking out over a million square miles or so of Indian Ocean, I kept my expression deadpan.
- He's never been the most expressive of actors but here is deadpan to the point of catatonia at times.
- His features were deadpan but his voice was bursting with emotion.
- Truss's voice is deadpan, her asides are witty, and she is never condescending about misuse of the language.
- The actors move as though struck with severe stage fright: wooden, deadpan and without any remote glimmer of expression.
- His expression was deadpan, but I detected the anger.
- Much of the humor comes from the deadpan bowling instructions voiceover that accompanies the dancers' goofy antics.
- There was a good deal of narrative alternating with enactment, all presented in an understated, even deadpan, style.
- He's slightly detached, everything delivered in deadpan Liverpudlian tones, like he's doing some spoof of Ringo Starr.
- Stoic bafflement - a deadpan stare into the camera - is Geist's usual game.
- Despite his deadpan expression, I could tell that he was pleased.
- In fact, Sheen had most of the best lines, although I could be prejudiced by the fact that he has one of the best deadpan deliveries in the business.
- The movie's deadpan tone is perfectly suited to the humour in the material and also keeps Bukowski's own sentimental streak in check.
- Whitford especially is a comic gift to any director, capable of the sort of arrogance, deadpan humor and blank-faced terror that Bill Murray has perfected.
- Even as her voice drips sarcasm, her deadpan expression doesn't change.
- The deadpan expression he wears in almost every scene might seem like heroic stoicism, but it's also the face of deep denial.
- But the face expresses the same deadpan ferocity as the film.
- Rolling her eyes, Mira remained deadpan, her face as expressionless as an empty platter.
Synonyms
blank, expressionless, unexpressive, inexpressive, impassive, inscrutable, poker-faced, straight-faced, dispassionate, unresponsive, stony, wooden, empty, vacant, glazed, fixed, lifeless

adverbˈdɛdˌpænˈdedˌpan

In a deadpan manner.
Example sentencesExamples
- The advice is often both ludicrous and enlightening at once, and is delivered dead-pan by Chevy Chase.
- I don't think I was prepared for how deadpan funny she is.
- ‘I hope that Roy Keane is not playing,’ says Arveladze deadpan while shifting his gaze.
- Nova looked at Mr. Hamilton deadpan and shifted his eyes toward Jocelyn who was sitting at her desk with an unreadable look.
- He speaks slowly and deliberately, deadpan and measured.
- If you can say it deadpan and just fast enough but not too fast, they don't even think about questioning it.
- Tsai's mood is absolutely unique because it can be deeply sad and deadpan funny, highly metaphorical and stubbornly concrete at the same time.
- ‘You forget - I have to ask your father for your hand in marriage tomorrow morning,’ David said, dead-pan. ‘After that, I can do anything.’
- Pollsters themselves, and the media who report their findings deadpan, are partly responsible for this.
- Lewis took his lead from the atmosphere around him and delivered his instructions deadpan.
- Levy is dazed and robotic, and O'Hara is subtle and deadpan sly.
- She uttered this deadpan, as if this was inescapable logic that justified everything that was happening to me.
- His story about the book was one big joke, but he delivered it deadpan.
- and was less than impressed when the teller told her, dead-pan, that she had never heard of her.
- I replied dead-pan and turned back to face the drinks I was sorting out.
- Newsreaders are expected to deliver stories deadpan.

verbˈdɛdˌpænˈdedˌpan

with direct speech Say something amusing while affecting a serious manner.
“I'm an undercover dentist,” he deadpanned
Example sentencesExamples
- Baillie dead-panned that the first Scotland boss he covered was Tommy Docherty and it had been ‘downhill ever since’.
- They cut to a commercial, and when the show came back on, Carson and the bare-chested guests were seated and he looked into the camera and dead-panned, ‘Welcome to Rawhide.’
- Bill Murray affirms himself as a true incarnation of insincerity in the briefest of cameos, deadpanning the line "Honestly, I wouldn't miss this for the world" at a lame party.
- Skovdahl dead-panned: ‘That was the kind of goal I used to score.’
- Quizzed on whether he was surprised that Hamilton got the nod ahead of his young lock, the Edinburgh coach dead-panned: ‘I can't possibly comment on that… but yes.
- Bombs had been thrown around in this country before, the prime minister dead-panned.
- There was silence for a minute until Jessi dead-panned, ‘Damn, he knows the secret.’
- ‘You know, if you take a coin and scratch the paint, you can tell whether one of these is real of not,’ Chase dead-panned.
- Shi and Chi froze, just as Sailor Captain Tsukiou dead-panned, ‘I wouldn't be harming my Sailor Commander, if I were you.’
- ‘I'm a Napoli supporter,’ Paul dead-panned, with impeccable comic timing.
- ‘It sounds fabulous,’ he dead-panned, before turning his back on me to greet his public.
- Harrison intentionally deadpanned the narration because he wanted it NOT used.

单词	deadpan
释义	Definition of deadpan in English: deadpan adjectiveˈdɛdpanˈdɛdˌpæn Impassive or expressionless. she delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice Example sentencesExamples He's slightly detached, everything delivered in deadpan Liverpudlian tones, like he's doing some spoof of Ringo Starr. He's never been the most expressive of actors but here is deadpan to the point of catatonia at times. The movie's deadpan tone is perfectly suited to the humour in the material and also keeps Bukowski's own sentimental streak in check. Truss's voice is deadpan, her asides are witty, and she is never condescending about misuse of the language. Rolling her eyes, Mira remained deadpan, her face as expressionless as an empty platter. The actors move as though struck with severe stage fright: wooden, deadpan and without any remote glimmer of expression. But the face expresses the same deadpan ferocity as the film. Looking out over a million square miles or so of Indian Ocean, I kept my expression deadpan. Stoic bafflement - a deadpan stare into the camera - is Geist's usual game. In fact, Sheen had most of the best lines, although I could be prejudiced by the fact that he has one of the best deadpan deliveries in the business. Whitford especially is a comic gift to any director, capable of the sort of arrogance, deadpan humor and blank-faced terror that Bill Murray has perfected. Despite his deadpan expression, I could tell that he was pleased. There was a good deal of narrative alternating with enactment, all presented in an understated, even deadpan, style. You'll never see a movie with more deadpan, underemphasized humor in it than this one. His expression was deadpan, but I detected the anger. The deadpan expression he wears in almost every scene might seem like heroic stoicism, but it's also the face of deep denial. His features were deadpan but his voice was bursting with emotion. Much of the humor comes from the deadpan bowling instructions voiceover that accompanies the dancers' goofy antics. Even as her voice drips sarcasm, her deadpan expression doesn't change. The latter work is done drily, with humor of the most deadpan variety; one never believes that this apprentice truly was in danger. Synonyms blank, expressionless, unexpressive, inexpressive, impassive, inscrutable, poker-faced, straight-faced, dispassionate, unresponsive, stony, wooden, empty, vacant, glazed, fixed, lifeless adverbˈdɛdpanˈdɛdˌpæn In a deadpan manner. ‘That's all right then,’ Claire said, deadpan Example sentencesExamples ‘You forget - I have to ask your father for your hand in marriage tomorrow morning,’ David said, dead-pan. ‘After that, I can do anything.’ and was less than impressed when the teller told her, dead-pan, that she had never heard of her. ‘I hope that Roy Keane is not playing,’ says Arveladze deadpan while shifting his gaze. I don't think I was prepared for how deadpan funny she is. Lewis took his lead from the atmosphere around him and delivered his instructions deadpan. I replied dead-pan and turned back to face the drinks I was sorting out. Pollsters themselves, and the media who report their findings deadpan, are partly responsible for this. Newsreaders are expected to deliver stories deadpan. Levy is dazed and robotic, and O'Hara is subtle and deadpan sly. The advice is often both ludicrous and enlightening at once, and is delivered dead-pan by Chevy Chase. She uttered this deadpan, as if this was inescapable logic that justified everything that was happening to me. Tsai's mood is absolutely unique because it can be deeply sad and deadpan funny, highly metaphorical and stubbornly concrete at the same time. He speaks slowly and deliberately, deadpan and measured. Nova looked at Mr. Hamilton deadpan and shifted his eyes toward Jocelyn who was sitting at her desk with an unreadable look. His story about the book was one big joke, but he delivered it deadpan. If you can say it deadpan and just fast enough but not too fast, they don't even think about questioning it. verbdeadpanned, deadpanning, deadpansˈdɛdpanˈdɛdˌpæn with direct speech Say something amusing while affecting a serious manner. ‘I'm an undercover dentist,’ he dead-panned Example sentencesExamples ‘It sounds fabulous,’ he dead-panned, before turning his back on me to greet his public. Quizzed on whether he was surprised that Hamilton got the nod ahead of his young lock, the Edinburgh coach dead-panned: ‘I can't possibly comment on that… but yes. ‘You know, if you take a coin and scratch the paint, you can tell whether one of these is real of not,’ Chase dead-panned. There was silence for a minute until Jessi dead-panned, ‘Damn, he knows the secret.’ Bill Murray affirms himself as a true incarnation of insincerity in the briefest of cameos, deadpanning the line "Honestly, I wouldn't miss this for the world" at a lame party. They cut to a commercial, and when the show came back on, Carson and the bare-chested guests were seated and he looked into the camera and dead-panned, ‘Welcome to Rawhide.’ Shi and Chi froze, just as Sailor Captain Tsukiou dead-panned, ‘I wouldn't be harming my Sailor Commander, if I were you.’ ‘I'm a Napoli supporter,’ Paul dead-panned, with impeccable comic timing. Harrison intentionally deadpanned the narration because he wanted it NOT used. Skovdahl dead-panned: ‘That was the kind of goal I used to score.’ Bombs had been thrown around in this country before, the prime minister dead-panned. Baillie dead-panned that the first Scotland boss he covered was Tommy Docherty and it had been ‘downhill ever since’. Rhymes bedpan Definition of deadpan in US English: deadpan adjectiveˈdɛdˌpænˈdedˌpan Deliberately impassive or expressionless. answers his phone in a deadpan tone deadpan humor Example sentencesExamples The latter work is done drily, with humor of the most deadpan variety; one never believes that this apprentice truly was in danger. You'll never see a movie with more deadpan, underemphasized humor in it than this one. Looking out over a million square miles or so of Indian Ocean, I kept my expression deadpan. He's never been the most expressive of actors but here is deadpan to the point of catatonia at times. His features were deadpan but his voice was bursting with emotion. Truss's voice is deadpan, her asides are witty, and she is never condescending about misuse of the language. The actors move as though struck with severe stage fright: wooden, deadpan and without any remote glimmer of expression. His expression was deadpan, but I detected the anger. Much of the humor comes from the deadpan bowling instructions voiceover that accompanies the dancers' goofy antics. There was a good deal of narrative alternating with enactment, all presented in an understated, even deadpan, style. He's slightly detached, everything delivered in deadpan Liverpudlian tones, like he's doing some spoof of Ringo Starr. Stoic bafflement - a deadpan stare into the camera - is Geist's usual game. Despite his deadpan expression, I could tell that he was pleased. In fact, Sheen had most of the best lines, although I could be prejudiced by the fact that he has one of the best deadpan deliveries in the business. The movie's deadpan tone is perfectly suited to the humour in the material and also keeps Bukowski's own sentimental streak in check. Whitford especially is a comic gift to any director, capable of the sort of arrogance, deadpan humor and blank-faced terror that Bill Murray has perfected. Even as her voice drips sarcasm, her deadpan expression doesn't change. The deadpan expression he wears in almost every scene might seem like heroic stoicism, but it's also the face of deep denial. But the face expresses the same deadpan ferocity as the film. Rolling her eyes, Mira remained deadpan, her face as expressionless as an empty platter. Synonyms blank, expressionless, unexpressive, inexpressive, impassive, inscrutable, poker-faced, straight-faced, dispassionate, unresponsive, stony, wooden, empty, vacant, glazed, fixed, lifeless adverbˈdɛdˌpænˈdedˌpan In a deadpan manner. Example sentencesExamples The advice is often both ludicrous and enlightening at once, and is delivered dead-pan by Chevy Chase. I don't think I was prepared for how deadpan funny she is. ‘I hope that Roy Keane is not playing,’ says Arveladze deadpan while shifting his gaze. Nova looked at Mr. Hamilton deadpan and shifted his eyes toward Jocelyn who was sitting at her desk with an unreadable look. He speaks slowly and deliberately, deadpan and measured. If you can say it deadpan and just fast enough but not too fast, they don't even think about questioning it. Tsai's mood is absolutely unique because it can be deeply sad and deadpan funny, highly metaphorical and stubbornly concrete at the same time. ‘You forget - I have to ask your father for your hand in marriage tomorrow morning,’ David said, dead-pan. ‘After that, I can do anything.’ Pollsters themselves, and the media who report their findings deadpan, are partly responsible for this. Lewis took his lead from the atmosphere around him and delivered his instructions deadpan. Levy is dazed and robotic, and O'Hara is subtle and deadpan sly. She uttered this deadpan, as if this was inescapable logic that justified everything that was happening to me. His story about the book was one big joke, but he delivered it deadpan. and was less than impressed when the teller told her, dead-pan, that she had never heard of her. I replied dead-pan and turned back to face the drinks I was sorting out. Newsreaders are expected to deliver stories deadpan. verbˈdɛdˌpænˈdedˌpan with direct speech Say something amusing while affecting a serious manner. “I'm an undercover dentist,” he deadpanned Example sentencesExamples Baillie dead-panned that the first Scotland boss he covered was Tommy Docherty and it had been ‘downhill ever since’. They cut to a commercial, and when the show came back on, Carson and the bare-chested guests were seated and he looked into the camera and dead-panned, ‘Welcome to Rawhide.’ Bill Murray affirms himself as a true incarnation of insincerity in the briefest of cameos, deadpanning the line "Honestly, I wouldn't miss this for the world" at a lame party. Skovdahl dead-panned: ‘That was the kind of goal I used to score.’ Quizzed on whether he was surprised that Hamilton got the nod ahead of his young lock, the Edinburgh coach dead-panned: ‘I can't possibly comment on that… but yes. Bombs had been thrown around in this country before, the prime minister dead-panned. There was silence for a minute until Jessi dead-panned, ‘Damn, he knows the secret.’ ‘You know, if you take a coin and scratch the paint, you can tell whether one of these is real of not,’ Chase dead-panned. Shi and Chi froze, just as Sailor Captain Tsukiou dead-panned, ‘I wouldn't be harming my Sailor Commander, if I were you.’ ‘I'm a Napoli supporter,’ Paul dead-panned, with impeccable comic timing. ‘It sounds fabulous,’ he dead-panned, before turning his back on me to greet his public. Harrison intentionally deadpanned the narration because he wanted it NOT used.
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