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stony-faced

stony-faced adjective: showing no (or little) expression of emotion; poker-faced.

Adjective

stony-faced (comparative more stony-faced, superlative most stony-faced)

  1. Showing no (or little) expression of emotion; poker-faced.
    • […]would Iran’s players sing their national anthem, which is seen as a gesture in support of the regime? To a man, the answer was a stony-faced no.21 November 2022, David Hytner, “England open World Cup in style with Bukayo Saka double in 6-2 rout of Iran”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    stone-faced

Synonyms of stony-faced

Forms of stony-faced

comparativemore stony-faced
superlativemost stony-faced

Questions about stony-faced

What does stony-faced mean?
Stony-faced means showing no (or little) expression of emotion; poker-faced.
What part of speech is stony-faced?
Stony-faced is an adjective.

Words near stony-faced in the dictionary

  1. Stony Plain
  2. Stony Point
  3. Stony Rise
  4. Stony Stratford
  5. stony-broke
  6. stony-faced
  7. stony-hearted
  8. stony-heartedly
  9. stony-heartedness
  10. stony-iron
  11. Stonycreek

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