Background and Look

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Background noun - The physical conditions or features that form the setting against which something is viewed.

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Look and background are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Look" instead a noun "Background".

Look noun - Facial appearance regarded as an indication of mood or feeling.

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Background and look are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Background" instead a noun "Look".

Nearby Words: lookout, looked, looker, looking, lookup

exact	exact background	exact look
detailed	detailed background	detailed look
similar	similar background	similar look
right	right background	right look
Other adjectives: original, single, real, little, interesting, white, general, different.

The others usually stand in the background and look concerned.

Source: Out of Focus
The last part of which causes the character to look like this with booing sounds in the background to match.

Source: What the Fu Are You Doing?
M.Bison of Street Fighter fame also evokes this look, and has a similarly "unknown" background.

Source: National Stereotypes / Western Europe

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