From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcoun‧te‧nance1/ˈkaʊntənəns/noun[countable]literaryyour face or yourexpressionAll colour drained from her countenance.Examples from the Corpuscountenance•Hisdignifiedperson andagreeablecountenance, with the mostunaffectedaffability gave me high...
The meaning of COUNTENANCE is look, expression. How to use countenance in a sentence. Did you know?
The meaning of COUNTER is a piece (as of metal or plastic) used in reckoning or in games. How to use counter in a sentence.
to put a good or a bad countenance upon anything. noun Appearance of favor or good will; support afforded by friendly action; encouragement; patronage. noun Assumed appearance; seeming; show; pretense. noun In old law, credit or estimation by reason of one's estate, and with reference to ...
to encounter in opposition or combat. counter- 5 a combining form ofcounter3,used with the meanings “against,”“contrary,”“opposite,”“in opposition or response to” (countermand); “complementary,”“in reciprocation,”“corresponding,”“parallel” (counterfoil; counterbalance); “substitute,...
Synonyms:endorse,countenance,assist,favor,abet,sustain to bet on: to back a horse in the race. to cause to move backward (often followed byup): to back a car. to furnish with a back: to back a book. to lie at the back of; form a back or background for: ...
(n.)A kind of punch used for bending, indenting, or giving shape to, metal; as, a saw set. (v. t.)To suit; to become; as, it sets him ill. (v. t.)To value; to rate; -- with at. (a.)Fixed in position; immovable; rigid; as, a set line; a set countenance. ...
. . Hath so appalled my countenance. --Wyatt. 2. To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Wine, of its own nature, will not congeal and freeze, only it will lose the strength, and become appalled in extremity of cold. --Holland. 3. To ...
‘Green growth’, if it increases the absolute size of the economy, is an oxymoron. Environmental limits are discountenanced, a pretence made possible because they are difficult to specify in advance. The consequent weakness in public discourse, both moral and intellectual, has worsened into ...
noun In mining and mineralogy, the English equivalent of the German glanz, a term used by German miners to designate various ores possessing that peculiar luster and color which indicate that they are metalliferous combinations. In metal-working, to polish very highly; burnish; planish. In cricke...