Meaning of MIEN
Pronunciation: | | meen
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| Definition: | | [n] dignified manner or conduct |
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| Synonyms: | | bearing, comportment, presence |
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| See Also: | | dignity, gravitas, lordliness, manner, personal manner | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Mien\, n. [F. mine; perh. from sane source as mener to
lead; cf. E. demean, menace, mine, n.]
Aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing.
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be
hated, needs but to be seen. --Pope.
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| Related Terms: | | action, actions, activity, acts, address, affectation, air, appearance, aspect, bearing, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, brow, carriage, cast, cast of countenance, color, complexion, comportment, conduct, countenance, culture pattern, custom, demeanor, deportment, doing, doings, expression, exteriority, externality, externalness, extrinsicality, face, facial appearance, favor, feature, features, folkway, foreignness, garb, gestures, goings-on, guise, lineaments, lines, look, looks, maintien, manner, mannerism, manners, method, methodology, methods, modus vivendi, motions, movements, moves, observable behavior, openness, outerness, outward appearance, outwardness, pattern, physiognomy, poise, port, pose, posture, practice, praxis, presence, procedure, proceeding, seeming, set, shallowness, social science, stance, style, superficiality, tactics, tone, traits, turn, visage, way, way of life, ways |
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