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Monday, June 24, 2013

Mien

Word: Mien
Part of Speech: Noun.
Definition: A certain demeanor or facial expression.
Synonyms: Air.
Antonyms: N/a.
Helpful hints to remember: “Mien” is French for “mine”.
Sentences:

  • Even though he was only a beggar, the homeless man possessed a mien of the upper-class.
  • The depressed, collective mien of the prisoners of war was something the soldier would not soon forget.
  • “Genius, like truth, has a shabby and neglected mien.”

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