Expressionless - English meaning

adjective

(of a surface or background) unrelieved by decorative or other features; bare, empty, or plain.

Usage examples:

A blank wall

noun

A space left to be filled in a document.

Usage examples:

Leave blanks to type in the appropriate names

verb

Make (something) blank or empty.

Usage examples:

Electronic countermeasures blanked out the radar signals

adjective

Impassive or expressionless.

Usage examples:

She delivered her monologue in a deadpan voice

adverb

In a deadpan manner.

Usage examples:

‘that's all right then,’ claire said, deadpan

verb

Say something amusing while affecting a serious manner.

Usage examples:

‘i'm an undercover dentist,’ he dead-panned

adjective

Free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist.

Usage examples:

The jacket kept me warm and dry

noun

(of information, writing, etc.) dully factual.

Usage examples:

The dry facts of the matter

verb

Free from liquid or moisture

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

Usage examples:

Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

Usage examples:

Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

Usage examples:

Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

adjective

Not showing any emotion; unemotional.

Usage examples:

Her voice was flat and emotionless

adjective

Not showing emotion

adjective

Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.

Usage examples:

She put down her empty cup

verb

Remove all the contents of (a container).

Usage examples:

We empty the till at closing time

noun

A bottle or glass left empty of its contents.

Usage examples:

The barman collected the empties

adjective

Fastened securely in position.

Usage examples:

A fixed iron ladder down the port side

verb

Fasten (something) securely in a particular place or position.

Usage examples:

They had candles fixed to their helmets

adjective

Not changing

Usage examples:

A fixed stare, a fixed address, she stared fixedly at the screen.

adjective

(of a window or door frame or similar structure) fitted with panes of glass.

Usage examples:

Bookcases with glazed doors

verb

Fit panes of glass into (a window or door frame or similar structure).

Usage examples:

Windows can be glazed using laminated glass

adjective

Made of or containing glass

Usage examples:

All the rooms have glazed doors., use the glazed cupboards to display attractive china., a glazed e…

adjective

Not feeling or showing emotion.

Usage examples:

His cold, impassive face

adjective

Not showing or feeling any emotion

Usage examples:

Nick kept his face impassive but his mind was racing., even as the guilty verdict was read, he star…

adjective

Not alive.

Usage examples:

Inanimate objects like stones

adjective

Showing no expression.

Usage examples:

An inexpressive face

adjective

Showing no feelings

Usage examples:

Although the shock must have been great, her face remained inexpressive.

adjective

Impossible to understand or interpret.

Usage examples:

Guy looked blankly inscrutable

adjective

Dead or apparently dead.

Usage examples:

His lifeless body was taken from the river

adjective

Dead or appearing to be dead

Usage examples:

A lifeless body, fig. the performance was boring and lifeless (= lacking interest or energy).

adjective

Not showing what you are thinking or feeling in your face

Usage examples:

She sat poker-faced all the way through the film.

adjective

Covered with or full of small pieces of rock.

Usage examples:

Rough stony paths

adjective

Containing a lot of stones

Usage examples:

The ground was too stony to be used as a farm., though we begged him, he gave us a stony look and t…

preposition

Expressing motion in the direction of (a particular location).

Usage examples:

Walking down to the shops

adverb

So as to be closed or nearly closed.

Usage examples:

He pulled the door to behind him

infinitive particle

Used with the base form of a verb to indicate that the verb is in the infinitive.

Usage examples:

I set out to buy food

adjective

Not having or showing strong feelings.

Usage examples:

A flat, unemotional voice

adjective

Not having or expressing strong feelings, often when this is surprising or a bad thing

Usage examples:

Investigators said the couple seemed oddly unemotional about the disappearance., they described him…

adjective

Showing no expression; emotionless.

Usage examples:

His big brown eyes were dull and unexpressive

adjective

Not clear enough to read; illegible.

Usage examples:

Unreadable handwriting

adjective

Too boring, complicated, or badly written to be worth reading

Usage examples:

I found james joyce's "ulysses" to be totally unreadable., completely unreadable handwriting

adjective

Not responsive.

Usage examples:

These symptoms may be unresponsive to conventional treatment

adjective

Not reacting or answering, or not reacting or answering satisfactorily

Usage examples:

The company has been unresponsive to her efforts to discuss a settlement.

adjective

(of a place) not occupied; empty.

Usage examples:

40 per cent of the offices are still vacant

adjective

Made of wood.

Usage examples:

A wooden toy

adjective

Made of wood

Usage examples:

They ate at a long wooden table., she’s a wooden speaker.