Mien Definition

mēn
noun
Bearing or manner, especially as it reveals an inner state of mind.
A colonel with an imperious mien.
American Heritage
A way of carrying and conducting oneself; manner.
Webster's New World
A way of looking; appearance.
Webster's New World
A Hmong-Mien language spoken by many subgroups of the Yao of China.
American Heritage

(countable, uncountable) Demeanor; facial expression or attitude, especially one which is intended by its bearer.

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Noun

Singular:
mien
Plural:
miens

Origin of Mien

  • Alteration (influenced by French mine appearance) of Middle English demeine demeanor from Old French from demener to behave demean1

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French mine (whence also Danish mine and German Miene), appearance, perhaps from Breton min, face of an animal, or from Latin minio, to redden.

    From Wiktionary

Mien Sentence Examples

  • Nikos has the mien of a young Greek monk and the young Greek monk wants it back.

  • Those taking part in processions are to walk bare-headed (weather permitting), two and two, in decent costume, and with reverent mien; clergy and laity, men and women, are to walk separately.

  • She was not pretty, but it was obvious, even to Dean's untrained eye, that her attire, hair do, makeup and whole mien did not evolve from the poor side of the tracks.

  • The supreme test, satisfied so frequently as to be commonplace, was a shocking form of suicide performed with a placid mien.

  • No man was more negligent in his dress and habit and mien, no man more wary and cultivated in his behaviour and discourse.

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Words Starting With

MMIMIE

Words Ending With

NENIEN

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Words Starting With M and Ending With N

Starts With M & Ends With NStarts With MI & Ends With NStarts With M & Ends With EN

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With M4 Letter Words Ending With N