Definition of countenance

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Countenance (v. t.) To make a show of; to pretend.

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Visage :: Visage (n.) The face, countenance, or look of a person or an animal; -- chiefly applied to the human face..
Honest :: Honest (a.) Open; frank; as, an honest countenance..
Befriend :: Befriend (v. t.) To act as a friend to; to favor; to aid, benefit, or countenance..
Outface :: Outface (v. t.) To face or look (one) out of countenance; to resist or bear down by bold looks or effrontery; to brave.
Grimace :: Grimace (n.) A distortion of the countenance, whether habitual, from affectation, or momentary aad occasional, to express some feeling, as contempt, disapprobation, complacency, etc.; a smirk; a made-up face..
Looking :: Looking (n.) The manner in which one looks; appearance; countenance; face.
Outgaze :: Outgaze (v. t.) To gaze beyond; to exceed in sharpness or persistence of seeing or of looking; hence, to stare out of countenance..
Favoress :: Favoress (n.) A woman who favors or gives countenance.
Wear :: Wear (v. t.) To have or exhibit an appearance of, as an aspect or manner; to bear; as, she wears a smile on her countenance..
Discourage :: Discourage (v. t.) To dishearten one with respect to; to discountenance; to seek to check by disfavoring; to deter one from; as, they discouraged his efforts..
Set :: Set (v. t.) To fix beforehand; to determine; hence, to make unyielding or obstinate; to render stiff, unpliant, or rigid; as, to set one's countenance..
Action :: Action (n.) Gesticulation; the external deportment of the speaker, or the suiting of his attitude, voice, gestures, and countenance, to the subject, or to the feelings..
Aspect :: Aspect (n.) Look, or particular appearance of the face; countenance; mien; air..
Expression :: Expression (n.) That which is expressed by a countenance, a posture, a work of art, etc.; look, as indicative of thought or feeling..
Pallid :: Pallid (a.) Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue..
Change :: Change (v. t.) Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles..
Feature :: Feature (n.) The make, cast, or appearance of the human face, and especially of any single part of the face; a lineament. (pl.) The face, the countenance..
Ferocity :: Ferocity (n.) Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance..
Discountenance :: Discountenance (v. t.) To refuse to countenance, or give the support of one's approval to; to give one's influence against; to restrain by cold treatment; to discourage..
Cheer :: Cheer (n.) The face; the countenance or its expression.
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