Deadpan
Deadpan adjective - Not expressing any emotion.
Usage example: he delivered the joke in such a deadpan voice that we thought at first that he was serious
Empty is a synonym for deadpan in blank topic. In some cases you can use "Empty" instead an adjective "Deadpan", when it comes to topics like expressionless.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Deadpan Snarker Frozen Face: Fairies only ever show a giant, empty grin except for the transformed Heroine.
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Deadpan Snarker: Several characters, but Tyler is the king - he stops freaking out about seeing Bode use the Head Key for the first time in order to make a crack about his head being empty.
Source: Comic Book / Locke & Key - However, the Deadpan Snarker is only in that condition because his wife and child died horribly, leaving him an empty shell of a man.
Source: Literature / The Princess 99
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Empty and Deadpan. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deadpan/empty
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