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unsmiling

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unsmiling

not joking or playful in mood or manner

Mr. Bart delivered the reprimand with a harsh and unsmiling face.

Synonyms of unsmiling

earnest, grave, humorless, no-nonsense, sedate, serious, severe, sober, solemn, staid, uncomic, weighty

Words Related to unsmiling

harsh, stern, strict

businesslike, professional

dignified, distinguished, elevated, serious-minded

Near Antonyms of unsmiling

antic, comic, comical, droll, farcical, funny, hilarious, hysterical (also hysteric), laughable, light, light-headed, ludicrous, ridiculous, riotous, risible, screaming, sidesplitting, uproarious

featherbrained, flighty, frivolous, goofy, harebrained, lighthearted, puerile, scatterbrained

Antonyms of unsmiling

facetious, flip, flippant, humorous, jesting, jocular, joking, playful

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