counttenance : Idioms & Phrases


In countenance

  • in an assured condition or aspect; free from shame or dismay. "It puts the learned in countenance, and gives them a place among the fashionable part of mankind." Addison.
Webster 1913

Out of countenance

  • not bold or assured; confounded; abashed. "Their best friends were out of countenance, because they found that the imputations . . . were well grounded." Clarendon.
Webster 1913

To keep the countenance

  • to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. Swift.
Webster 1913