blank
89
4.2
- adjective
- /blæŋk/
:
inexpresivo
- For a second, his expression remained blank; then, slowly and incredulously, he smiled.
- a blank stare
- a blank look
- a blank expression
Hi, My name is Rasheeda Jones, and I feel blank about being Conan O'Brien's friend.
- Hi, My name is Rasheeda Jones, and I feel blank about being Conan O'Brien's friend.
- She was just listening with kind of a blank expression.
- Is Rhett as blank in real life as he is on the show?
- Because this is my mind just went blank, but he'll kill me.
- They're all born blank and someone inserts the programming, right.
- And it's this blank stare that you get over the radio, blank stare.
Examples
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And I get up there and I look at this woman and my mind goes completely blank.
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Once the shooting starts, you just go blank.
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- My mind is blank for the entire period.
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"Has anyone told you who I am?" Her look was blank, and I went on.
Fiction book (1990) -
Let your mind go blank.
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My mind had gone blank.
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You know, she gets this blank look like she's not even there.
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She was just listening with kind of a blank expression.
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His expression went from his casual, charming smile he always had to this blank, panicked look.
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During the exam, he had a completely blank expression as he struggled to remember the answers.
Synonyms
351
3.7
Feeling like you have no feelings inside
62
4.1
Unable to feel or show emotion after something upsetting
18
4.1
Having a blank look that shows no thought or interest
11
4.4
Having a face or way of acting that shows no feeling
11
7.1
Not showing any feeling on the face or in the voice
1
9.3
A person who shows no emotion in the face or voice
1
7.9
Empty space with nothing inside
Not showing any emotion on the face
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
- US
1
3.7
A signed piece of paper from a bank with the amount left empty for someone to fill
- Literature
1
7.7
Unrhymed lines of poetry that usually have five beats and sound like natural speech
- Specialized
A signature on the back of a check that lets anyone holding it cash or deposit it
- Specialized
A gun that makes the sound of gunshots without firing bullets, used in training or plays
- Formal
A signature that does not name a person, so anyone who holds a check or note can cash it
How Expressionless
Surface Forms
Etymology
Blank comes from an old French word blanc meaning 'white', so imagine a face like a blank page with no marks or feeling. That's why a blank look shows no understanding or expression.