Definitions for deadpan

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IPA: /ˈdɛdˌpæn/

Deadpan is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in deadpan (aaddenp).

Definitions for deadpan

noun

1. a face showing no expression.
2. a style of comedy that relies on the comedian's maintaining such a face.

adverb

1. in a deadpan manner:

adjective

1. marked by or accomplished with a careful pretense of seriousness or calm detachment; impassive or expressionless:
2. displaying no emotional or personal involvement:

verb (used with or without object)

1. to behave or perform in a deadpan manner.

Origin of deadpan

An Americanism dating back to 1925-30; dead + pan¹

Examples for deadpan

Homes carries off her fiction-writing Nixon with deadpan wit.

Her humor was New York humor, layered and tangy with irony; chewy and Jewish and deadpan and literate.

Suzanne looked closely at him—he was so deadpan, it was hard to tell what was on his mind.

But something about the cover image—four deadpan dudes against a robin's-egg blue background—spoke to me, I guess.

The Garfield specials are also unique for their deadpan delivery and oftentimes bleak worldview.

To his credit, his formally resolved images register a trace of deadpan wit.

Chandler, with his deadpan wit fully intact, offered a different—if completely fabricated—tease for the upcoming season.

“I could tell you missed me more than I missed you,” Tom says, deadpan.

She continued to stare, deadpan and blank-eyed, with no answering flicker of a smile.

But he had his own defenses, a great off-hand resilience and a deadpan humor, and he survived.