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Answer for the clue "Humourless, disapproving ", 8 letters:
po-faced

Word definitions for po-faced in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. humorless and disapproving

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context British English) Wearing a particularly stern and disapprove expression; humourless; priggish. 2 (context British English) poker-faced.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ And if that sounds a bit po-faced , then you're missing the point. ▪ And she added something po-faced about toleration and talent. ▪ It was really slow and a bit po-faced for me. ▪ Jenkins was at his most po-faced here. ...

Usage examples of po-faced.

I don't want to spend thirty years being a glorified commissioned clerk, or marry some po-faced whiskey-swilling mercenary and breed a litter of officerlets.

But it was hard to look po-faced at a kid having fun, especially with a close friend's daughter who'd been in and out of your house all her life.

But it was hard to look po-faced at a kid having fun, especially with a close friend’s daughter who’d been in and out of your house all her life.

But Egremont no longer mattered -- he lived in a different world, now, with his po-faced respectable wife, and his respectable children, and his respectable seat in Parliament.

But Egremont no longer mattered—he lived in a different world, now, with his po-faced respectable wife, and his respectable children, and his respectable seat in Parliament.