All 33 Uses of
countenance
in
Jane Eyre
- The first was a tall lady with dark hair, dark eyes, and a pale and large forehead; her figure was partly enveloped in a shawl, her countenance was grave, her bearing erect.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- Miss Miller was more ordinary; ruddy in complexion, though of a careworn countenance; hurried in gait and action, like one who had always a multiplicity of tasks on hand: she looked, indeed, what I afterwards found she really was, an under-teacher.†
Chpt 5 (definition 1)
- ...all their countenances expressed displeasure,
Chpt 5 (definition 1) *countenances = facial expressions
- It is a point difficult to fix where the features and countenance are so much at variance as in your case.†
Chpt 13 (definition 1)
- I judged by your countenance, sir, which was troubled when you said the suggestion had returned upon you.†
Chpt 14 (definition 1)
- Wild was the wrestle which should be paramount; but another feeling rose and triumphed: something hard and cynical: self-willed and resolute: it settled his passion and petrified his countenance: he went on — "During the moment I was silent, Miss Eyre, I was arranging a point with my destiny.†
Chpt 15 (definition 1)
- But unluckily the Varens, six months before, had given me this filette Adele, who, she affirmed, was my daughter; and perhaps she may be, though I see no proofs of such grim paternity written in her countenance: Pilot is more like me than she.†
Chpt 15 (definition 1)
- I sought in her countenance and features a likeness to Mr. Rochester, but found none: no trait, no turn of expression announced relationship.†
Chpt 15 (definition 1)
- She was intent on her work, in which her whole thoughts seemed absorbed: on her hard forehead, and in her commonplace features, was nothing either of the paleness or desperation one would have expected to see marking the countenance of a woman who had attempted murder, and whose intended victim had followed her last night to her lair, and (as I believed), charged her with the crime she wished to perpetrate.†
Chpt 16 (definition 1)
- Most people would have termed her a splendid woman of her age: and so she was, no doubt, physically speaking; but then there was an expression of almost insupportable haughtiness in her bearing and countenance.†
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
- Mary had a milder and more open countenance than Blanche; softer features too, and a skin some shades fairer (Miss Ingram was dark as a Spaniard) — but Mary was deficient in life: her face lacked expression, her eye lustre; she had nothing to say, and having once taken her seat, remained fixed like a statue in its niche.†
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
- I believe he is of mine; — I am sure he is — I feel akin to him — I understand the language of his countenance and movements: though rank and wealth sever us widely, I have something in my brain and heart, in my blood and nerves, that assimilates me mentally to him.†
Chpt 17 (definition 1)
- I knew Mr. Rochester; though the begrimed face, the disordered dress (his coat hanging loose from one arm, as if it had been almost torn from his back in a scuffle), the desperate and scowling countenance, the rough, bristling hair might well have disguised him.†
Chpt 18 (definition 1)
- I cannot possibly countenance any such inconsistent proceeding,
Chpt 18 (definition 2) *countenance = accept or permit
- I must watch this ghastly countenance — these blue, still lips forbidden to unclose — these eyes now shut, now opening, now wandering through the room, now fixing on me, and ever glazed with the dulness of horror.†
Chpt 20 (definition 1)
- I saw Mr. Rochester shudder: a singularly marked expression of disgust, horror, hatred, warped his countenance almost to distortion; but he only said — "Come, be silent, Richard, and never mind her gibberish: don't repeat it."†
Chpt 20 (definition 1)
- In each of the sisters there was one trait of the mother — and only one; the thin and pallid elder daughter had her parent's Cairngorm eye: the blooming and luxuriant younger girl had her contour of jaw and chin — perhaps a little softened, but still imparting an indescribable hardness to the countenance otherwise so voluptuous and buxom.†
Chpt 21 (definition 1)
- Because I want to read your countenance — turn!†
Chpt 23 (definition 1)
- Mrs. Fairfax surprised me by looking out of the window with a sad countenance, and saying gravely — "Miss Eyre, will you come to breakfast?"†
Chpt 24 (definition 1)
- What does that inexplicable, that uncanny turn of countenance mean?†
Chpt 24 (definition 1)
- But if you look up and smile with that countenance, I shall swear concession before I know to what, and that will make a fool of me.†
Chpt 24 (definition 1)
- I don't know what sphynx-like expression is forming in your countenance.†
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- Mr. Rochester, reading my countenance, saw I had done so.†
Chpt 27 (definition 1)
- She had, I thought, a remarkable countenance, instinct both with power and goodness.†
Chpt 28 (definition 1)
- Mary's countenance was equally intelligent — her features equally pretty; but her expression was more reserved, and her manners, though gentle, more distant.†
Chpt 29 (definition 1)
- I naturally asked myself that question as I saw him turn to her and look at her; and, as naturally, I sought the answer to the inquiry in his countenance.†
Chpt 31 (definition 1)
- They were stiff with their long and jolting drive from Whitcross, and chilled with the frosty night air; but their pleasant countenances expanded to the cheerful firelight.†
Chpt 34 (definition 1)
- Indeed, as he leaned back against the crag behind him, folded his arms on his chest, and fixed his countenance, I saw he was prepared for a long and trying opposition, and had taken in a stock of patience to last him to its close — resolved, however, that that close should be conquest for him.†
Chpt 34 (definition 1)
- He was silent after I had uttered the last sentence, and I presently risked an upward glance at his countenance.†
Chpt 34 (definition 1)
- Whether he was incensed or surprised, or what, it was not easy to tell: he could command his countenance thoroughly.†
Chpt 34 (definition 1)
- But in his countenance I saw a change: that looked desperate and brooding — that reminded me of some wronged and fettered wild beast or bird, dangerous to approach in his sullen woe.†
Chpt 37 (definition 1)
- But no hint to that effect escaping him and his countenance becoming more overcast, I suddenly remembered that I might have been all wrong, and was perhaps playing the fool unwittingly; and I began gently to withdraw myself from his arms — but he eagerly snatched me closer.†
Chpt 37 (definition 1)
- His countenance reminded one of a lamp quenched, waiting to be re-lit — and alas! it was not himself that could now kindle the lustre of animated expression: he was dependent on another for that office!†
Chpt 37 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (countenance as in: a pleasant countenance) facial expression; or face; or composure or manner
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(2) (countenance as in: giving countenance) to tolerate, approve, or show favor or support