Word of the Day – Mien

Mien

  •  Noun: Mien
    1. air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality : demeanor <of aristocratic mien>
    2. appearance, aspect <dresses of formal mien>
  • Synonyms:
    1. Appearance
    2. Look
    3. Expression
    4. Countenance
    5. Aura
    6. Demeanor
    7. Attitude
    8. Air
    9. Manner
  • Usage:

“This commissary was a man of very repulsive mien, with a pointed nose, with yellow and salient cheek bones, with eyes small but keen and penetrating, and an expression of countenance resembling at once the polecat and the fox.”

  • Encountered:

Reading The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

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