Visage
noun
The face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.
His haggard visage spoke volumes about his late-night reading sessions.
Often appears as...
- haggard visage
- serene visage
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Literary
noun
The aspect or appearance of a place, an object, especially as expressing a certain quality or character.
The visage of the countryside was calm and serene.
Often appears as...
- tranquil visage
- grim visage
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
noun
The face, usually with reference to shape, features, expression, etc.
His haggard visage spoke volumes about his late-night reading sessions.
Often appears as...
- haggard visage
- serene visage
Usage tips
Literary
noun
The aspect or appearance of a place, an object, especially as expressing a certain quality or character.
The visage of the countryside was calm and serene.
Often appears as...
- tranquil visage
- grim visage
Usage tips
Formal
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Tone
Used primarily in literature to give a detailed image of a character's facial expression or emotions.
The novel described the hero's visage as one marred by sorrow.
Pro Tip 2/3Character Insight
Context often uses visage to reveal a character's internal state or personality.
Her visage was stern, mirroring the resolve within her.
Pro Tip 3/3Conveys Subtlety
Visage is useful for implying subtle emotional changes that may not be directly stated.
His visage brightened slightly at the news.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Tone
Used primarily in literature to give a detailed image of a character's facial expression or emotions.
The novel described the hero's visage as one marred by sorrow.
Pro Tip 2/3Character Insight
Context often uses visage to reveal a character's internal state or personality.
Her visage was stern, mirroring the resolve within her.
Pro Tip 3/3Conveys Subtlety
Visage is useful for implying subtle emotional changes that may not be directly stated.
His visage brightened slightly at the news.
Pro Tip 1/3Literary Tone
Used primarily in literature to give a detailed image of a character's facial expression or emotions.
The novel described the hero's visage as one marred by sorrow.
Pro Tip 2/3Character Insight
Context often uses visage to reveal a character's internal state or personality.
Her visage was stern, mirroring the resolve within her.
Pro Tip 3/3Conveys Subtlety
Visage is useful for implying subtle emotional changes that may not be directly stated.
His visage brightened slightly at the news.
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Discovering Homo Naledi:...
called, "Turkana Boy" of Homo Erectus. And there, you can see a relatively human-like visage. There on the right, is that almost, without being derogatory pin-headed look of Homo naledi, with its very strange profile. And it is not an aberrancy because we have multiple individuals and they all look exactly alike.
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The case against "good"...
Because behind their seemingly unassuming visages reside two deceitful offerings that smother the truth. These words are liars. These words must be stopped. Remove them from our language so that honesty can return to our communication. Ladies and gentlemen,
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Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupil...
and so I chose to let her in on a few other things which locate me as a Motswana, not just by virtue of the fact that I speak a language or I have family there, but that a rural child lives within this shiny visage of fabulosity.
Video examples
Discovering Homo Naledi:...
called, "Turkana Boy" of Homo Erectus. And there, you can see a relatively human-like visage. There on the right, is that almost, without being derogatory pin-headed look of Homo naledi, with its very strange profile. And it is not an aberrancy because we have multiple individuals and they all look exactly alike.
Video examples
The case against "good"...
Because behind their seemingly unassuming visages reside two deceitful offerings that smother the truth. These words are liars. These words must be stopped. Remove them from our language so that honesty can return to our communication. Ladies and gentlemen,
Video examples
Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupil...
and so I chose to let her in on a few other things which locate me as a Motswana, not just by virtue of the fact that I speak a language or I have family there, but that a rural child lives within this shiny visage of fabulosity.
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Quote examples
George Edward Woodberry
American Critic
Art has a double visage: it looks before and after. Romance is its forward-looking face. The germ of growth is in romanticism. Formalism, on the other hand, consolidates tradition; gleans what has been gained and makes it facile to the hand or the mind; economizes the energy of genius.
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Christopher Hitchens
American Author
Say 'Toronto' or 'Ontario,' and the immediate thought associations are with a somewhat blander version of North America: a United States with a welfare regime and a more polite street etiquette, and the additionally reassuring visage of Queen Elizabeth on the currency.
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Thomas Fuller
English Clergyman
With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.
Quote examples
George Edward Woodberry
American Critic
Art has a double visage: it looks before and after. Romance is its forward-looking face. The germ of growth is in romanticism. Formalism, on the other hand, consolidates tradition; gleans what has been gained and makes it facile to the hand or the mind; economizes the energy of genius.
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Christopher Hitchens
American Author
Say 'Toronto' or 'Ontario,' and the immediate thought associations are with a somewhat blander version of North America: a United States with a welfare regime and a more polite street etiquette, and the additionally reassuring visage of Queen Elizabeth on the currency.
Quote examples
Thomas Fuller
English Clergyman
With devotion's visage and pious action we do sugar o'er the devil himself.
Example 1 of 3
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