Synonyms of unsmiling

unsmiling

adjective

ˌən-ˈsmī-liŋ 

as in solemn

not joking or playful in mood or manner

delivered the reprimand with a harsh and unsmiling face

Synonyms & Similar Words

• solemn
• stern
• serious
• humorless
• earnest
• professional
• sedate
• staid
• po-faced
• sober
• harsh
• severe
• distinguished
• no-nonsense
• grave
• strict
• uncomic
• weighty
• businesslike
• sobersided
• grim
• dignified
• gloomy
• serious-minded
• elevated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• humorous
• playful
• flippant
• jocular
• joking
• facetious
• kittenish
• funny
• flip
• comical
• light
• droll
• comic
• ridiculous
• hysterical
• ludic
• hilarious
• riotous
• antic
• ludicrous
• farcical
• laughable
• uproarious
• risible
• goofy
• jesting
• screaming
• frivolous
• lighthearted
• puerile
• scatterbrained
• flighty
• foolish
• silly
• absurd
• mad
• daffy
• cockeyed
• insane
• harebrained
• fatuous
• zany
• witless
• unwise
• kooky
• nutty
• crazy
• preposterous
• sidesplitting
• jerky
• light-headed
• wacky
• balmy
• loony
• nonsensical
• brainless
• sappy
• senseless
• cuckoo
• daft
• asinine
• featherbrained
• dotty
• weak-minded
• half-witted
• screwball

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of unsmiling

Often taunted by tabloids for her unsmiling demeanor, Victoria shows off her sense of humor and gets real about some of the most difficult parts of her past, including her struggles with an eating disorder and almost losing her fashion business entirely. — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025

The single mother of three was at her job that morning when she was asked to report immediately to the front of the building, where Wainscott was met by police officers — who showed her a photo of an unsmiling man in his early 30s, with short brown hair and a light goatee. — Charlotte Observer, 2 Oct. 2025

Then, trace your finger to its peak, which, to me, was his starring role as smoldering special forces operative Scott McCoy in the 1986 action movie The Delta Force, co-starring a frail-looking but grizzled and unsmiling Lee Marvin in his last movie. — John Devore, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2026

After school one day, an unsmiling official from a mysterious worldwide organization, Eva Stratt (played by German actress Sandra Hüller, of Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest), accosts him and humorlessly recruits him for a special project. — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 20 Mar. 2026