What does straight face mean?
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straight face
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Princeton's WordNet
straight facenoun
a serious facial expression giving no evidence of interest or amusement
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straight facenoun
A face that is expressionless, especially not laughing.
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straight face
A straight face is a facial expression that is serious, neutral and not showing any emotion, often to hide one's feelings or thoughts. It is commonly used when individuals are trying to remain impassive or not give away any signs of their reactions, most often associated with humor or sarcasm.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of straight face in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of straight face in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of straight face in a Sentence
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.
You know, I'll be honest, I don't think they give a damn about public safety, they know exactly the people that they are bailing out. They know that these individuals that are out on already multiple felony bonds and they're helping them get another one. They know that some of these are very violent individuals, and you cannot look at this with a straight face and tell me that you care about the community that you're operating in.
By censuring Brian Kemp, the Cobb GOP has basically made it very hard to be able to go with a straight face and say,' Oh, we now support Brian Kemp 110 % because Brian Kemp is Brian Kemp,'.
It may not be the death blow, but it certainly makes it more difficult to put forward these types of laws with a straight face.
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.
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