countenance

English-Turkish Translation

  1. görünüş, sima, yüz ifadesi.
    His angry countenance frightened us. A sad/fierce/happy/hideous/pleasant countenance.
  2. yüz, çehre.
    I like to see the smiling countenances of my students each morning.
  3. huzur, sükûn.
  4. tasvip, teşvik, teveccüh, manevî destekleme.
    give/lend countenance to: teşvik/tasvip/teyit etmek,
    uygun bulmak.
    Your father refuses to give countenance to your plans to marry.
  5. tavır, tutum, davranış.
  6. izin vermek, müsaade/müsamaha etmek, göz yummak.
    Your father won't countenance you/your marrying a foreigner.
  7. tasvip/teşvik/teşci etmek, desteklemek.
    I refuse to countenance absence from the school to watch a baseball game.
English-Turkish translations from the Atalay Dictionary, First Edition

English Turkish Phrases

keep (one's) countenance
(a) sakin olmak, heyecan eseri göstermemek, (b) yüzü gülmemek, kendini (gülmekten) tutmak/almak, temkinini
bozmamak.
The joke was so funny she couldn't keep her countenance: Fıkra okadar komikti ki gülmekten kendini alamadı.
face someone out of countenance
birine itidalini kaybettirmek Verb
lose countenance
itidalini kaybetmek.
out of countenance
utanmış
pleasing countenance
cana yakın bir yüz
put on a firm countenance
yüzü kararlı bir ifade almak Verb
put out of countenance
utandırmak, mahcup etmek.
stare someone out of countenance
dik dik bakarak birisini bozmak/şaşırtmak.
troubled countenance
bozuk bir surat
give countenance to
teşvik etmek Verb
English-Turkish phrases from Zargan's own database