countenance
Meaning of countenance
noun
- Appearance, especially the features and expression of the face.
- Favour; support; encouragement.
- Superficial appearance; show; pretense.
- Calm facial expression, composure, self-control.
- To tolerate, support, sanction, patronise or approve of something.
The cruel punishment was countenanced by the government, although it was not officially legal.
Information about countenance
- The plural form of countenance is: countenances.
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Hyphenation of countenance
coun-te-nance
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- countenance is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
countenance synonyms
Meaning visage:
Meaning sanction:
sanction, endorsement, indorsement, warrant, imprimatur
Meaning physiognomy:
physiognomy, phiz, visage, kisser, smiler, mug
Meaning permit:
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Translation of countenance
- Spanish: permitir, aprobar
- Italian: volere, lasciare, acconsentire, permettere
Words that rhyme with countenance
ance, saance, absorbance, bobance, disturbance, indisturbance, nondisturbance, perturbance, predisturbance, reprobance, undisturbance, impeccance, insignificance, nonsignificance, omnisignificance, presignificance, scance, signficance, significance, vacance, Sundance, abidance, abondance, abundance, accordance, adance, aidance, appendance, ascendance, attendance, avoidance, biddance, breakdance, clogdance, concordance, condordance, contradance, contredance, counterdance, dance, dependance, descendance, disaccordance, discordance, disregardance, exceedance, exundance, forbiddance, foreguidance, guidance
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