Thesaurus / countenance
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Daisey’s one-night-only show was an account of a year of living pandemically, recounted entertainingly in his signature countenance of enlightened outrage.
I WONDERED WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE TO BE VACCINATED AND BACK IN A THEATER. MY PANIC LIFTED AS SOON AS THE LIGHTS WENT DOWN.PETER MARKSAPRIL 7, 2021WASHINGTON POSTAt the mention of the Merrill Horse, Poindexter's countenance took on a demoniac expression.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNWhich latter circumstance he begged Mr. Perker to note, with a glowing countenance and many marks of indignation.
THE POSTHUMOUS PAPERS OF THE PICKWICK CLUB, V. 2(OF 2)CHARLES DICKENSA smile of beatitude spread over his enormous countenance during the process.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSThe beauty of a woman cheereth the countenance of her husband, and a man desireth nothing more.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSWharton uttered this with a peculiar force of voice, and aweful expression in his countenance.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERThat his friend had withdrawn, was a pledge of his pacific wishes; and, with a lightened countenance, Louis rose from his knee.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERLouis turned on him a countenance, in which all that Wharton had conjured up in that noble soul, shone bright in the moon-light.
THE PASTOR'S FIRE-SIDE VOL. 3 OF 4JANE PORTERAs he read, a look of surprise came over his face, and then his countenance grew stern and grim.
THE COURIER OF THE OZARKSBYRON A. DUNNThe baron's pallid face looked more bloodless, his accent was fiercer, and his countenance more ruffianly as he uttered all this.
CHECKMATEJOSEPH SHERIDAN LE FANUWORDS RELATED TO COUNTENANCE
- abide
- accustom
- allow
- be patient with
- bear the brunt
- brave
- brook
- cope with
- countenance
- eat
- encounter
- experience
- face
- feel
- go through
- grin and bear it
- hang in
- keep up
- know
- live out
- live through
- meet with
- never say die
- permit
- put up with
- repress feelings
- resign oneself
- ride out
- sit through
- stand
- stick
- stick it out
- stomach
- subject to
- submit to
- suffer
- support
- sustain
- swallow
- take
- take it
- take patiently
- tolerate
- undergo
- weather
- withstand
- abides
- accustoms
- allows
- bears the brunt
- braves
- brooks
- copes with
- countenances
- eats
- encounters
- experiences
- faces
- feels
- goes through
- grins and bears it
- hangs in
- is patient with
- keeps up
- knows
- lives out
- lives through
- meets with
- never says dies
- permits
- puts up with
- repress feelings
- resigns oneself
- rides out
- sits through
- stands
- sticks
- sticks it out
- stomachs
- subject to
- submits to
- suffers
- supports
- sustains
- swallows
- takes
- takes it
- takes patiently
- tolerates
- undergoes
- weathers
- withstands
- air
- appearance
- aspect
- cast
- clock
- countenance
- dial
- disguise
- display
- facet
- features
- finish
- frontage
- frontal
- frontispiece
- frown
- glower
- grimace
- guise
- kisser
- light
- lineaments
- look
- makeup
- map
- mask
- mug
- obverse
- paint
- physiognomy
- pout
- presentation
- profile
- scowl
- seeming
- semblance
- show
- showing
- silhouette
- simulacrum
- smirk
- surface
- top
- visage
- abide
- accost
- affront
- allow
- be confronted by
- bear
- beard
- bit the bullet
- brace
- brave
- brook
- challenge
- confront
- contend
- cope with
- countenance
- court
- cross
- dare
- deal with
- defy
- encounter
- endure
- experience
- eyeball
- fight
- fly in face of
- go up against
- grapple with
- make a stand
- meet
- oppose
- resist
- risk
- run into
- square off
- stand
- stomach
- submit
- suffer
- sustain
- swallow
- take
- take it
- take on
- take the bull by the horns
- tell off
- tolerate
- venture
- withstand
- abides
- accosts
- affronts
- allows
- be confronts by
- beards
- bears
- bit the bullet
- braces
- braves
- brooks
- challenges
- confronts
- contends
- copes with
- countenances
- courts
- crosses
- dares
- deals with
- defies
- encounters
- endures
- experiences
- eyeballs
- fights
- flies in face of
- goes up against
- grapples with
- makes a stand
- meets
- opposes
- resists
- risks
- runs into
- squares off
- stands
- stomachs
- submits
- suffers
- sustains
- swallows
- takes
- takes it
- takes on
- takes the bull by the horns
- tells off
- tolerates
- ventures
- withstands
- accept
- advocate
- appreciate
- approbate
- approve
- back
- be in favor of
- be on one's side
- buck for
- champion
- choose
- commend
- cotton to
- countenance
- encourage
- endorse
- esteem
- eulogize
- fancy
- flash on
- for
- go for
- hold with
- honor
- incline
- lean toward
- look up to
- opt for
- patronize
- pick
- praise
- prize
- regard highly
- root for
- sanction
- single out
- support
- take a liking to
- take a shine to
- take to
- think well of
- tilt toward
- value
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