countenance
coun
ˈkaʊn
kawn
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tə
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nance
nəns
nēns
/kˈa‍ʊntənəns/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "countenance"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŽā§āĻ–, āĻŽā§āϖ⧇āϰ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻŦā§āϝāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ

someone's face or facial expression
countenance definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She maintained a calm countenance during the crisis, reassuring others.
āϏāĻ™ā§āĻ•āĻŸā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻŽā§āĻ– āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāĻļā§āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ

a confirmation that is clearly expressed
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
With a nod and a pleased countenance, the judge signaled his agreement.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻž āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁āĻˇā§āϟ āĻŽā§āĻ– āϏāĻš, āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻ• āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āϜāĻžāύāĻžāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϰāϤāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āϝāĻŽ

a composed facial bearing that reflects inner emotional control or mental steadiness, especially under pressure
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She struggled to keep her countenance when the surprise announcement was made.
āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ˜ā§‹āώāĻŖāĻž āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšāϞ⧇ āϏ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ‚āϝāĻŽ āĻŦāϜāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϰāĻžāĻ–āϤ⧇ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āϏāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to agree and not oppose to something that one generally finds unacceptable or unpleasant
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She could n't countenance the idea of firing her longtime employee, even though his performance had been declining.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘāĻĻāĻŋāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāϚāĻžāϰ⧀āϕ⧇ āĻŦāϰāĻ–āĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϧāĻžāϰāĻŖāĻž āĻŽā§‡āύ⧇ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύāύāĻŋ, āϝāĻĻāĻŋāĻ“ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽāϤāĻž āĻšā§āϰāĻžāϏ āĻĒāĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
LanGeek
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ