EXPRESSIONLESS Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective (1)

ik-ˈspre-shən-ləs

Definition of expressionless

as in blank

not expressing any emotion veteran poker players invariably have expressionless faces, regardless of the hand they're holding

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as in inexpressive

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Recent Examples of expressionless

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The company poured $10 billion into its Reality Labs division last year, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg was criticized last week after posting a selfie that showed an expressionless version of his avatar in front of the Eiffel Tower. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022 For a stretch late last year into the early months of this year, the most withering style assessments available online came in the form of Mark Boutilier’s very round, very calm, very expressionless face. — New York Times, 8 July 2021 Though Duncan played the game with the expressionless countenance of a Sphinx, inside beat the heart of a cold-blooded, competitive killer. — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 14 May 2021 Cleveland Cavaliers rookie swingman Isaac Okoro, drenched in water and with a glow on his typically expressionless face following a wild postgame celebration, had just punctuated a remarkable debut with a pair of game-winning plays. — Chris Fedor, cleveland, 22 Dec. 2020 See All Example Sentences for expressionless

Recent Examples of Synonyms for expressionless

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The cloud was blank and inarticulate, a monolith with no secrets to reveal to any of its human witnesses.

— Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
Over 250,000 shapes and templates span dozens of diagram types, so a new project starts in seconds instead of from a blank canvas.

— StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of blank

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That virtue is undermined here by leads with minimal chemistry, one of them inexpressive and the other archly theatrical, by design if not to rewarding effect.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2026
Moments of physical intimacy between his protagonists are often relayed in rigid and frustratingly inexpressive language, which occasionally veers into the tiringly smutty.

— Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026

Definition of inexpressive

Adjective

The new experiment used a single calcium-40 ion held almost motionless inside an electromagnetic ion trap.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
Some rolled and splashed in the shallows, regulating their body temperature after lying in the Arctic sun, others lay motionless, deep in sleep.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of motionless

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The deadpan set-up played out in a campaign all the way to Super Bowl 2024 where Cera appeared in a spot for CeraVe.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2026
Three years after chatting up his last eccentric stranger on HBO, the deadpan documentarian returns with what basically amounts to a feature-length How To episode.

— A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of deadpan

Adjective

There are melancholic elements, including human characters that can seem lost in their thoughts — impassive and detached from the world.

— Miles Socha, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026
At one point, he was seen cracking a smile, a departure from his otherwise impassive nature throughout the hearings.

— Andi Babineau, CNN Money, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of impassive

Adjective

Character designs are clean and readable, albeit unexpressive.

— Blake Simons, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2026
Redefine masculinity to include expressing their feelings Too often, masculinity and strength have been marked by a stoic, quiet, emotionally unexpressive presentation.

— John Duffy, CNN, 9 Mar. 2021

Definition of unexpressive

Adjective

In Austin, the vacancy rate for all affordable housing is nearly 16% with more than 4,500 vacant units, according to real estate data and analytics firm CoStar.

— Claire Rush, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
In Austin, the vacancy rate for all affordable housing is nearly 16% with over 4,500 vacant units, according to real estate data and analytics firm CoStar.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of vacant

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