Usually means: Expressionless, showing no emotion outwardly.
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We found 19 dictionaries that define the word straight face:

General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. straight face: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. straight face: Merriam-Webster
  3. straight face: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. straight face: Collins English Dictionary
  5. straight face: Vocabulary.com
  6. straight-face: Wordnik
  7. straight face: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. straight face: Wiktionary
  9. straight face: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. straight face: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. straight face: Dictionary.com
  12. straight face: Rhymezone
  13. straight face: FreeDictionary.org
  14. straight face: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. straight face: TheFreeDictionary.com

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. straight face: Idioms

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Straight-Face, straight face: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (straight face)

▸ noun:  (idiomatic) A face that is expressionless, especially not laughing.

Similar:
resting face, deadpan, smilelessness, dead-pan, expressionlessness, semi-smile, dry humor, dead pan, facelessness, flat affect, more...

Opposite:
smile, grin, laugh, beam, smirk

Phrases:
a straight face, keep a straight face, with a straight face, confused with a straight face, more...

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Similar:
resting face, deadpan, smilelessness, dead-pan, expressionlessness, semi-smile, dry humor, dead pan, facelessness, flat affect, more...

Opposite:
smile, grin, laugh, beam, smirk

Phrases:
a straight face, keep a straight face, with a straight face, confused with a straight face, more...



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