Mien

Word MIEN
Character 4
Hyphenation mien
Pronunciations /miːn/

Definitions and meanings of "Mien"

What do we mean by mien?

Bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind. noun

An appearance or aspect. noun

A person's air, manner, or expression of countenance; look; bearing; appearance; carriage. noun

Synonyms Aspect, demeanor, deportment, port. noun

Aspect; air; manner; demeanor; carriage; bearing. noun

Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer. noun

A specific facial expression noun

Dignified manner or conduct noun

Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.

A specific facial expression.

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The word "mien" in example sentences

The dogs got nothing, though they watched with wistful mien from a distance, sitting up in the snow, their tails curled around their paws. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Gluten as a unique food ingredient was discovered by Chinese noodle makers around the 6th century, and by the 11th was known as mien chin, or the “muscle of flour.” ❋ Harold McGee (2004)

Such a nice affected mien is not only a force upon that which is natural, and ridiculous before men, men of sense; but as it is an evidence of a vain mind, it is offensive to ❋ Unknown (1721)

Our people believed that if you give a common thing the meaning of something else you really want—in this case, a bone given the name and mien of a child—the spirit world is tricked into thinking you already have that longed-for object and looks away just long enough for the longed-for object to slip into its place. ❋ Elisa Albert (2010)

At a restaurant near the cross-road we had rice and a cup of tea, and a bowl of the vermicelli soup known as mien, the muleteer and his son sitting down with my men. ❋ Morrison, George Ernest, 1862-1920 (1895)

The differences are minute and the mien is the same: bold, poised and sexy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Obsolete form of "mien": air, bearing, carriage or manner, as expressing character or mood; appearance; expression. ❋ Unknown (2007)

As the reader perceives, slang in its entirety, slang of four hundred years ago, like the slang of today, is permeated with that sombre, symbolical spirit which gives to all words a mien which is now mournful, now menacing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Major was a ruddy-complexioned man in his late forties with the closed, hard face of a York-shireman, a handlebar mustache, and the kind of mien one found only in retired boxers, which as it turned out he had been during his stint in the army. ❋ Lustbader, Eric (1990)

As the reader perceives, slang in its entirety, slang of four hundred years ago, like the slang of to-day, is permeated with that sombre, symbolical spirit which gives to all words a mien which is now mournful, now menacing. ❋ Unknown (1862)

It is perfectly obvious from my confident mien, and confirmed by the casual but authoritative way I hold the atlas, that it is of course less than 15 miles from A to B. ❋ Jan Morris (2011)

Before he left for vacation, Obama tried to shed his Spock mien and juice up the empathy quotient on jobs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His manners in private were even more mild and attractive than in public; for there was a certain dignity in his mien during his lecture, which in his own house was replaced by the greatest affability and kindness. ❋ Unknown (2010)

She is very clever and gentle, and extremely pretty; as I mentioned before, her mien and her expressions continually remind me of my dear aunt. ❋ Unknown (2010)

After all of this strenuous and heated and boring discourse, does not the very mien of our new president suggest something lithe and laid-back, agile but rested, cool but not too cool? ❋ Unknown (2009)

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