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| To show or demonstrate clearly; manifest: evince distaste by grimacing. |
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1. appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
2. the face; visage.
3. calm facial expression; composure.
approval or favor; encouragement; moral support.
5. Obsolete . bearing; behavior. |
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1. to permit or tolerate: You should not have countenanced his rudeness.
2. to approve, support, or encourage. |
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: to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
2: to give pleasure or amusement to |
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1: a sumptuous feast
2: a choice piece especially of food |
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1. a : to give a false impression of b : to present an appearance not in agreement with
2. a : to show (something) to be false or wrong b : to run counter to : contradict |
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1: to make great or greater : increase, enlarge
2: to make appear great or greater : praise highly
3: to enhance the power, wealth, position, or reputation of |
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| : given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
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| Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant. |
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noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys"
boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous clamor" |
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| showing modest reserve; "she was diffident when offering a comment on the professor's lecture" |
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| 1.Reprimand (someone) severely |
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1.(esp. of a liquid) Only slightly warm; lukewarm
2.Showing little enthusiasm |
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| of an argument or case) Clear, logical, and convincing |
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