Mien
[miːn] or [min]
Definition
(n.) Aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing.
Checker: Phyllis
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Air, look, aspect, manner, port, carriage, demeanor, external appearance, bearing.
Typist: Vance
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Look, aspect, air, manner, appearance, carriage, bearing, deportment
ANT:Character, disposition, temperament, {[i]?}, constitution, nature, being,personality
Edited by Daisy
Definition
n. the look or appearance of a person: the expression of the face: manner: bearing.
Inputed by Doris
Examples
- He should have addressed her at once in solemn accents, and with rigid mien. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Two young ladies appeared before me; one very tall, almost as tall as Miss Ingram--very thin too, with a sallow face and severe mien. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- They hurried away, as soon as they saw me; my agitated mien added to their fear of coming near one who had entered within the verge of contagion. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Her mien was chastened and pensive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He was for ever busy; and the only check to his enjoyments was my sorrowful and dejected mien. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- She had something of an estranged mien; the solitude exhaled from the heath was concentrated in this face that had risen from it. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Beside which, his mien conquered me, and an affectionate sentiment towards him, again filled my heart--I bade him command me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Adrian took pity on my faltering mien: Come with me, he said, I have much to say to you; come home with me--you know who I am? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Very graceful was the lady's mien, choice her appointments, delicate and stately her whole aspect. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Her gentle mien, step, gestures, her grace of person and attire, moved some artist-fibres about his peasant heart. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I was touched by his gentle tone, and overawed by his high, calm mien. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- If Vice is a monster, of such hideous mien, That, to be hated, needs but to be seen, when has vice ever been so unsparingly exposed? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- You can never tell how your look, mien, carriage, shook me. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Hortense had no sooner examined her face well, and observed the change its somewhat wasted features betrayed, than her mien softened. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She is very clever and gentle, and extremely pretty; as I mentioned before, her mien and her expressions continually remind me of my dear aunt. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Checker: Sandra