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Meaning countenance meaning

What does countenance mean?

countenance

— noun (= visage) the appearance conveyed by a person's face a pleasant countenance a stern visage — noun (= phiz, kisser, smiler, mug) the human face ('kisser' and 'smiler' and 'mug' are informal terms for 'face' and 'phiz' is British) — noun (= endorsement) formal and explicit approval a Democrat usually gets the union's endorsement — verb (= permit, allow, let) consent to, give permission She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband I won't let the police search her basement I cannot allow you to see your exam

Synonyms countenance synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as countenance?

countenance English » English

face appearance visage expression looks look sanction permit physiognomy mug aspect support let facial expression allow mien features favour uphold sustain sight semblance second patronize maintain feature complexion bolster back approve air warrant view underpin tolerate stand by smiler prop phiz kisser indorsement imprimatur guise form espouse endorsement encouragement condone authorize approval

Topics countenance topics

What do people use countenance to talk about?
Person Sense, perceive See

Appearance
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Facial expression

Conjugation countenance conjugation

How do you conjugate countenance?

countenance · verb

Examples countenance examples

How do I use countenance in a sentence?

Simple sentences

We will never countenance terrorism.
The old man had a noble countenance.
He changed his countenance at the news.
There are as many vipers hiding in the grass as there is evil lying beneath a beautiful countenance.

Movie subtitles

Such a countenance!
But the Navy can neither countenance nor condone such rowdy behaviour.
I should like that the countenance of St George suggests my late husband.
A countenance more in sorrow than in anger.
It opens the lungs, washes the countenance, exercises the eyes and softens down the temper.
The Lord lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace, now and for evermore.
The Lord let the light of His countenance shine upon you and give you grace.
The Lord let the light of His countenance upon you and give you peace.
You awful, cropped bastard of seven mangey mongrels, if I were in your infested rags - - I'd be afflicted by such boundless shame that I'd free nature from my embarrassing countenance.
We don't countenance such behavior in this house.
Go to. And's given countenance to his speech with almost all the holy vows.
Ay, sir, that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards.
You know, I mean, I refuse to encourage or countenance male lust as directed against any of my women students.
I believe he means to cheat somebody in this city under my countenance.
The Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace both now and in the life everlasting.
He is most fair of countenance.
The Knight ofthe Rueful Countenance.
And from now on the Knight ofthe Rueful Countenance will have one more name - the Knight of Lions!
I'd be afflicted by such boundless shame that I'd free nature from my embarrassing countenance.
But it could have been neither the execution of the work, nor the immortal beauty of the countenance, which had so suddenly and so vehemently moved me.
I will not put up with evil in any form- communists, subversives, thieves, harlots- evil, all of them, and i will not countenance evil.
I will absolutely not countenance evil.
The Lord let the light of His countenance shine upon you and be gracious unto you.
But, Commander Bond, I am only able to countenance this deception if the matter is of national importance.
See there, behind the bar, the man with the benign Germanic countenance?
His neigh is like the bidding of a monarch and his countenance enforces homage.
You awful, cropped bastard of seven mangy mongrels, if I were in your infested rags, I'd be afflicted by such boundless shame that I'd free nature from my embarrassing countenance.
May he turn his countenance to you. and give you peace.
The sun has hidden its countenance behind the bulk of Mount Yve! The hour of your death has arrived!
The sun has hidden its countenance behind mount Yve!
Rise up as from your graves and walk like spirits to countenance this horror.
Even if you forge my name, you'll never forge this amiable countenance.
I could not possibly countenance such a plan.
The United States government will countenance no leaks.
His countenance may have changed.
The pallor of his countenance had assumed a more ghastly hue but the luminousness of his eye had utterly gone out.
Now there's a Machiavellian countenance.
I shall not countenance it.

News and current affairs

In the world circus, the poet looks like a Knight of the Sorrowful Countenance, and Augustus the Fool appears ill-equipped for everyday life.
Refusing to countenance a fresh eastward enlargement means that, at some point, those countries that are outside the EU will start to threaten the values that he holds dear.
That is an outcome that no true European believer in France and Germany should be prepared to countenance.
Thus, pro-Georgian politics should not countenance nationalism.
But the one approach that they must not choose is to do nothing - unless they are willing to countenance further erosion of the global order and, with it, a continued descent into chaos and violence.
What eventually became clear was that under no circumstances could Lee Kuan Yew countenance one particular word or concept: nepotism.
It is difficult to assume a despotic countenance when you can't move your eyebrows.
But, since China knows that Ma is not advocating independence, they are able to countenance with greater equanimity his commitment to sustain the Republic of China on Taiwan.

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