EXPRESSIONLESS Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

expressionless

adjective

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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Recent Examples of expressionless 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

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Adjective

The training will include blank ammunition and training rounds, along with a significant presence of emergency vehicles and loud noises, police said.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 31 July 2026
Spencer Steer has been the blank tile for Cincinnati Reds manager Terry Francona’s lineup card.

— C. Trent Rosecrans, New York Times, 28 July 2026

Definition of blank

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Reading someone’s brain during a real conversation is hard because the conventional method requires lying motionless inside an MRI scanner.

— Yigit Topoglu, The Conversation, 3 Aug. 2026
The detective noted that Ramirez then appeared to get pulled under the vehicle, and then was lying motionless.

— Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 30 July 2026

Definition of motionless

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Lancelot, noticeably weary, impassive, and preoccupied atop an equally weary black horse, follows the sorcerer, while Merlin leads him up the path into the realm of shadows, out of the frame to the left.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026
Riles’s face is impassive, focused, as the announcer reads out the winner.

— Sam Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 July 2026

Definition of impassive

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