Countenance is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for COUNTENANCE in dictionary:

VERB:
• to approve of, condone
• admit as acceptable or possible
• To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.
• To make a show of; to pretend.
• consent to, give permission
NOUN:
• support or approval
• the appearance conveyed by a person\'s face
• formal and explicit approval
• the human face (`kisser\' and `smiler\' and `mug\' are informal terms for `face\' and `phiz\' is British)
• a person's face or facial expression
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• bearing, demeanor

Words related to COUNTENANCE

countenanced17 countenancer16 countenancers17 countenances16 countenancing18

Words that contain COUNTENANCE

countenanced17 countenancer16 countenances16 countenancers17 discountenance19 discountenanced21 discountenances20

How to use COUNTENANCE in a sentence

• On a table inside, a negress, of a little over middle age, was standing, vacantly gazing with grief-worn countenance on the crowd that now thronged to the table.
• Dolan was pale yellow of countenance and breathed strongly through his nose.
• He had seen that charming countenance, he had already admired that fair hair and those blue eyes.
• Her face was colder and sterner than he had ever seen it before, and his countenance was very much troubled.
• I would speak also of gesture, with which expression of countenance is combined.
• For about her worn and wrinkled countenance there lay an indefinable touch of something that hitherto he had seen only in pictures of the saints by the old masters.
• He thought of the power in the countenance of Skale, and of the shining loveliness in the face of Miriam.
• His countenance ever wore a smile, and he conversed cheerfully with his friends.
• Calm as a statue, she received the medical attendant, who took the hand of the unconscious Venetia with apprehension too visibly impressed upon his grave countenance.
• Letourneur and Andre did the same, and Miss Herbey obtained sufficient rest to relieve the tired expression that her countenance had lately being wearing.
• He was a portly, well-built man, of ruddy complexion, and open, genial countenance.
• The anxiety on his countenance was reflected in the faces round his board.
• Iemon could see but little within its depths, except the shining light of her countenance.
• While the queen lived, some countenance was given to learning.
• Across her countenance no unworthy thought has ever left a trace.
• They whispered to him uncomfortable and melancholy thoughts, making his countenance serious and sad, and drawing deep and dark lines across his brow.
• She was a maiden of middle life and severe countenance, of few and decisive words.
• Other gestures, such as a reference to covering, and expressions of countenance, made their indications of the lapse of time plain enough.
• Estrada was greatly elated by the countenance he received at court, which he attributed to his being considered as a natural son of the Catholic king.
• Although the young man was brave, as we know, he was terrified at that wild countenance, those terribly dilated pupils, those pale cheeks, and those bleeding lips.
• The few that move around the premises tread carefully and silently, while solemnity settles on each countenance.
• The head is of a very fine form, and the countenance has an expression of the most acute and intense feeling.
• He went away with a relieved countenance, as she made no comment.

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