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countenance

[ koun-tn-uhns ]

noun

  1. appearance, especially the look or expression of the face:

    a sad countenance.

  2. the face; visage.
  3. calm facial expression; composure.
  4. approval or favor; encouragement; moral support.
  5. Obsolete. bearing; behavior.


verb (used with object)

countenanced, countenancing.
  1. to permit or tolerate:

    You should not have countenanced his rudeness.

  2. to approve, support, or encourage.

countenance

/ ˈ첹ʊԳɪəԲ /

noun

  1. the face, esp when considered as expressing a person's character or mood

    a pleasant countenance

  2. support or encouragement; sanction
  3. composure; self-control (esp in the phrases keep or lose one's countenance; out of countenance )
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to support or encourage; sanction
  2. to tolerate; endure
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈdzܲԳٱԲԳ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • dzܲt·ԲԳe noun
  • ܲ·dzܲt·ԲԳ adjective
  • ܲd·dzܲt·ԲԳ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of countenance1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English cuntenaunce “behavior, bearing, self-control,” from Anglo-French cuntena(u)nce, Old French contenance, from Medieval Latin “way of living, demeanor,” from Latin continentia “self-control, restraint”; continence
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of countenance1

C13: from Old French contenance mien, behaviour, from Latin continentia restraint, control; see contain
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. out of countenance, visibly disconcerted; abashed:

    He was somewhat out of countenance at the prospect of an apology.

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Synonym Study

See face.
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Example Sentences

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But I was grateful to experience the text through a different voice and countenance.

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Pointing a finger at whoever dared openly question or criticise, he would sometimes lose his countenance and hurl insults.

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He is formless, almost faceless, a man whose countenance is a caricature, a man whose framework seems cartilaginous, without bones.

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Not only has Netanyahu refused to countenance an eventual independent Palestinian state, he repeatedly ignored pleas from U.S. and Arab mediators over the last year to plan for a postwar Gaza Strip system of governance.

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It’s hard to recall what she said, but her face was unforgettable – she wore the countenance of someone ready to go full Rumpelstiltskin and check out for a century.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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