Translations for „po-faced“ in the English » German Dictionary

po-faced [ˌpəʊˈfeɪst] ADJ Brit, Aus

1. po-faced pej:

po-faced (humourless)

todernst

po-faced (humourless)

sauertöpfisch pej inf

po-faced (bad-tempered)

mürrisch

po-faced (bad-tempered)

griesgrämig inf

po-faced (bad-tempered)

CH a. muff inf

po-faced (bad-tempered)

A a. grantig inf

the film is serious but not po-faced

der Film ist ernst, aber nicht düster

2. po-faced (expressionless):

po-faced

ausdruckslos

po-faced

mit unbewegter Miene [o. unbewegtem Gesicht] nach n

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the film is serious but not po-faced

der Film ist ernst, aber nicht düster

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

We know people who have had affairs, blank and po-faced when confronted with their obvious deception.

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There is a risk of course of being overly po-faced on this issue.

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It's normally a po-faced affair that no-one under 40 would consider sitting in for.

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As for those po-faced misogynists who laugh at her?

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Yet it's not at all accurate to say that this is all po-faced balladry or an experimental endeavour of some sort, either.

entertainment.ie

I'm still not sure exactly when the later scenes in this po-faced drama are meant to be set.

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Zombies has been a campy testing ground for ideas far too offbeat for the po-faced bombast of the main game.

www.telegraph.co.uk

And there is nothing po-faced about this event.

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A bit po-faced maybe, but full marks for seizing the opportunity.

www.independent.co.uk

In addition, it's stylistically po-faced, overly pious and almost puritanical about the subject matter.

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