countenancenoun
uk/ˈkaʊn.tən.əns/us/ˈkaʊn.t̬ən.əns/formalcountenance noun (FACE)
[ C or U ] the appearance or expression of someone's face:
He was of noble countenance.
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The head & face
- -cheeked
- -chinned
- -faced
- beak
- chin
- dimple
- facial
- facies
- frontalis
- hairline
- mandible
- nape
- neck
- nose
- nucha
- nuchal
- pes anserinus
- splenius
- temple
- temporal
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countenance noun (APPROVAL)
[ U ] approval:
We will not give/lend countenance to any kind of terrorism.
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Accepting & agreeing
- accept
- accredited
- assent
- be ruled by sb idiom
- buy-in
- conclude
- court
- gauntlet
- leap
- listen to reason idiom
- middle ground
- mustn't grumble idiom
- pounce
- reach
- settlement
- signatory
- swallow
- take sb up on sth
- unquestioning
- without a murmur idiom
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countenanceverb [ T ]
uk/ˈkaʊn.tən.əns/us/ˈkaʊn.t̬ən.əns/formalto approve of or give support to something:
The school will not countenance bad behaviour.
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Backing, supporting & defending
- -backed
- argumentation
- bale
- bale out
- bear
- behind every great/successful man there stands a woman idiom
- buttress
- carry
- defensible
- endorse
- espouse
- fight your corner idiom
- speak
- stake
- stand by sb
- stand by sth
- stand shoulder to shoulder with sb idiom
- strike
- sympathize
- sympathy
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