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The word face may be a pretty generic word, but it has several high-flown synonyms. Physiognomy, for instance, refers to facial features thought to reveal qualities of temperament or character. "I thought I could detect in his physiognomy a mind owning better qualities than his father ever possessed," Emily Brontë writes in Wuthering Heights. Countenance is often used to refer to the face as an indication of mood or emotion, as Bram Stoker types in Dracula: "Mina struggled hard to keep her brave countenance." Visage can refer to the face of a person or an animal, and it can also refer to the appearance of nonliving things, as in "the dirty visage of the old abandoned factory."
Examples of visage in a Sentence
Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 5 Apr. 2024
Self-Care Taking the time to develop a proper skin-care regimen isn’t just great for your visage.
—Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 22 Jan. 2024
Her book passes without so much as a poor Yorick joke, indeed, without a single use of visage.
—Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
Steamboat Willie’s Mickey couldn’t speak, and a silent killer bearing a mask with more grotesque features of the recognizable mouse’s visage is easier to get away with.
—Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 4 Jan. 2024
For an instant, a meek smile crosses Anna’s face before a worried visage replaces it.
—Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
Yet his career, running roughly from the 1930s to the early 2000’s, also included advertising work for clients ranging from General Foods to Clinique, American laborers at work, abstract nudes, American street life and eclectic visages of everything from wilting flowers to garbage and street signs.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2024
Her husband, muralist Diego Rivera, incorporated her visage into some of his most famous murals.
—Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2024
The album was named after his mother, whose young visage appears front and center in the artwork.
—Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2024
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“Visage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/visage. Accessed 24 Apr. 2024.
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