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mien

[ meen ]

noun

  1. air, bearing, or demeanor, as showing character, feeling, etc.:

    a man of noble mien.

    Synonyms: , ,



mien

/ ³¾¾±Ë²Ô /

noun

  1. literary.
    a person's manner, bearing, or appearance, expressing personality or mood

    a noble mien

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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mien1

1505–15; probably aphetic variant of obsolete demean bearing, demean 2; spelled with -ie- to distinguish it from mean 2
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of mien1

C16: probably variant of obsolete demean appearance; related to French mine aspect
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It captures some of the inquisitive humanity that Steinmetz, a tall and direct people’s person with a John Malkovich mien, conveys in life.

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Possessing a round and pleasant face, Kinnear does not, at first glance, seem the obvious next initiate into a society that favors the more chiseled mien.

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Cakes selected a clown with a gun, as De Niro’s mien scowled on the screen above.

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In mien, in dress, in catch phrase and in temperament.

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Instead, the carefully prepared Cohen was subdued and succinct, admitting his lies and misdeeds in service of Donald Trump with a sorrowful mien.

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