Should Not Be Countenanced?
To Permit or Tolerate: You Should Not Have Countenanced His Rudeness. to Approve, Support, or Encourage. What Does Do Not Countenance Mean? If Someone Will Not...
to permit or tolerate: You should not have countenanced his rudeness. to approve, support, or encourage.
What does do not countenance mean?
If someone will not countenance something, they do not agree with it and will not allow it to happen. [formal] Jake would not countenance Janis's marrying while still a student. Synonyms: tolerate, sanction, endorse, condone More Synonyms of countenance.
How do you use countenance in a sentence?
- Be friendly with all and always have a smiling countenance . ...
- His countenance conveyed the possibility of error. ...
- One morning Roy entered the hut with a slow step and a sad countenance . ...
- The expression of the little girl's countenance showed that she was perplexed.
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