mien

mien

noun \ˈmēn\

Definition of MIEN

1

: air or bearing especially as expressive of attitude or personality : demeanor <of aristocratic mien>

2

: appearance, aspect <dresses of formal mien>

Examples of MIEN

1. He has the mien of an ancient warrior.
2. <the stern mien of the librarian suggested that she was not one to put up with any nonsense>

Origin of MIEN

by shortening & alteration from ¹demean

First Known Use: 1522

Related to MIEN

Synonyms

aspect, dress, figure, garb, look, appearance, outside, presence, regard [archaic]

Related Words

air, attitude, bearing, behavior, comportment, demeanor, deportment, manner, poise, pose; carriage, posture, stance; cast, mold, shape, turn; color, coloring, complexion; countenance, face, features, habit, habitus, person [archaic], physiognomy, superficies, visage

See Synonym Discussion at bearing

Rhymes with MIEN

bean, clean, dean, Dean, Deane, dene, e'en, gene, glean, green, jean, keen, lean, lien, mean, mesne, peen, preen, quean, queen, scene, screen, sheen, shin, sin, spean, spleen, teen, tween, wean, ween, wheen, yean