countenance:expression::soft:gentle
countenance and expression are synonyms, and soft and gentle are synonyms too
steve:Young
I have no idea what the word countenance means. Is that good enough?
The more he was depressed the more his countenance fell.
Countenance is the appearance of a calm facial expression. A sample sentence using the word countenance is, Jane's face looked countenance when the dog jumped out in front of her.
As a noun: He had a sad countenance As a verb: You should not have countenanced his rudeness.
Face. Visage.
His countenance turned from pleasant to angry at the words spoken by his boss. In this example countenance refers to facial expression. The company does not countenance corporate espionage. This example means to approve of or tolerate something, in this case corporate espionage.
Visage (French) Countenance (archaic)
An analogy for the word "chide" would be scolding a child for misbehaving, similar to a teacher correcting a student for not following the rules.
His countenance changed considerably as he was hearkening to the announcement.
The word countenance is a noun. It is the appearance of the face.
Her countenance was glowing!
If you make an analogy between two things, you show they are alike in some way.me and my friend are a analogy