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Meaning of MIEN

Pronunciation:  meen

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 Definition: [n]  dignified manner or conduct
 
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 Synonyms: bearing, comportment, presence
 
 See Also: dignity, gravitas, lordliness, manner, personal manner

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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