--- title: "How to pronounce \"straightface\" in English | SayItVid" description: "Learn how to say \"straightface\" correctly. Watch real-life video examples and master your English pronunciation with SayItVid." image: "https://img.youtube.com/vi/YwJTPPfTrCI/hqdefault.jpg" url: "https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/straightface" --- # How to pronounce "straightface" in English ## Pronunciation & Phonetics - **IPA**: `/ˈstɹeɪtˌfeɪs/` - **Syllable Breakdown**: **straig·htface** - **Stress**: **STRAIG** — say this syllable louder and longer ## Meaning & Usage ### NOUN - An obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of heterosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by femininity in females and masculinity in males. - The quality of sincerity or convincingness. ### Example Sentences - "straight um the straightfaced character in a scene where like crazy stuff is going down and just getting that energy of like ah yes well" - "see politicians being a bit straightfaced and tough, you know who was really good at that, Barack Obama. He would cry after Sandy" ## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (3 Video Clips) Listen to native speakers pronounce "straightface" in real conversation: ### Example 1 > "funny. Like, it's fun to do funny things on set. It's fun to be sarcastic. It's fun to take note of stuff. And it's even fun to play a uh you know kind of a straight um the straightfaced character in a scene where like crazy stuff is going down and just getting that energy of like ah yes well forward we go. So how did you prepare to be Jill? Like did you play a lot of the games? Did you watch a lot of the gameplay? Did you speak to the original" - **Watch at 17:09**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwJTPPfTrCI&t=1029s) ### Example 2 > "more I don't know like human and emotional and I think that gives gives me as a muggle as a normal person a sense that they understand me. So when I see politicians being a bit straightfaced and tough, you know who was really good at that, Barack Obama. He would cry after Sandy Hook and these these kids shootings, he would just cry. He would stand there in front of the nation and he would cry. And it made me realize that he felt the" - **Watch at 76:20**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMfc98lOw_M&t=4580s) ### Example 3 *Accent: US* > "strangers and they don't immediately get a smile out of anyone. Like, it's just kind of like kind of a straightfaced kind of people are like, "What are you" - **Watch at 17:19**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_ezGNRvvYs&t=1039s) ## How to Pronounce "straightface" - **Syllables**: straig · htface - **Stress**: STRAIG — say this syllable louder and longer - **IPA**: `/ˈstɹeɪtˌfeɪs/` - **Listen for**: the stressed /STRAIG/ in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech. ## Related Words ### Word Forms [straightfaced](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/straightfaced) ## Frequently Asked Questions ### How do you pronounce “straightface”? “straightface” is pronounced /ˈstɹeɪtˌfeɪs/ (straig · htface). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation. ### How many syllables are in “straightface”? “straightface” has 2 syllables: straig · htface. ### Where is the stress in “straightface”? The primary stress in “straightface” is on “STRAIG”. Listen for that stressed syllable in the clips above. ### What does “straightface” mean? An obvious, apparent, or stereotypical appearance of heterosexuality based on a person's countenance, often characterized by femininity in females and masculinity in males. ### How can I hear “straightface” used in real sentences? This page has 3 real-world video examples of “straightface” with synchronized subtitles. 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