Synonyms for straight face
straight face

Princeton's WordNet

1. straight facenoun

   a serious facial expression giving no evidence of interest or amusement

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1. • Facial Expression

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1. Peter Moskos:

   It's not only a ban, but it's a ban where the department can pretend with a semi-straight face that they're not banning foot pursuits, it's a ban because it says two things : You can never get in trouble for not doing it and you might get in trouble for doing it.

2. James Oddo:

   I just don’t think I can stand there and celebrate any aspect of this institution and keep a straight face.

3. Bill Clinton:

   (Republicans) actually, with a straight face, say that the great recession was caused by too much regulation on Wall Street. They actually say that.

4. The University of Oregon:

   The paper is simply impossible to read with a straight face. It employs liberal buzzwords -- colonialism, marginalization, masculinist discourses, etc. -- with such frequency that the entire thing comes off like a joke.

5. Harry Reid:

   To have the Republicans with a straight face, after they have filibustered hundreds and hundreds of times issues that are of immense consequence to our country now come back and say, 'Well we shouldn't do it here,' so this is just, in effect, being kind of a poor loser. Because the fact is that how Leader McConnell can come out there without grimacing when he would say something like that is beyond my ability to comprehend.