visage
Syllables: vis·age/ˈvɪz.ɪd͡ʒ/
visage noun: countenance; one's face.
Noun
visage (plural visages)
- Countenance; one's face.
- Lying on the floor was a dead man, in evening dress, with a knife in his heart. He was withered, wrinkled, and loathsome of visage. It was not till they had examined the rings that they recognized who it was.1891, Oscar Wilde, chapter XX, in The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC, page 334
- Synonyms:
- boat, complexion, countenance, chevy chase, dial, ecaf, eek, George Best, face, favor
- The appearance or aspect of something, especially when expressive or distinctive.
- Snowflakes fell gently across the mountain’s rugged visage.
- [T]he monſter, rouſed by the noiſe, ſtarted forward, preſented ſuch a viſage of horror, and raiſed ſuch a hideous roar, that the hearts of the bold were contracted, and the nerves of the valiant unſtrung.1769, Firishta, translated by Alexander Dow, Tales translated from the Persian of Inatulla of Delhi, volume I, Dublin: P. and W. Wilson et al., page 6
visage meaning in Urdu, Kannada, Sanskrit and Arabic
visage in Urdu
- visage
- مکھڑا mukhṛā
visage in Kannada
- ಮೊರೆ, ತೋರಿಕೆ
visage in Sanskrit
- visage
- मुख múkha
visage in Arabic
- countenance; appearance; face
- مَلَامِح malāmiḥ, سِحْنَة siḥna
More languagesFewer languages
- visage in Indonesian
- roman, rupa muka
- visage in Persian
- چهره čehre, رخ rox, رخسار roxsâr, سیما simâ
Examples of visage in a sentence
- His seedy, dirt-smudged visage caused her to look at him askance.
- His hollow-eyed visage showed he'd been tortured with fear.
- He briefly rockabyed the tallow-colored visage in his arms, then with sudden unconcern handed it to Murph.
Synonyms of visage
Forms of visage
| plural | visages |
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Origin of visage
From Middle English visage, from Anglo-Norman visage, from Vulgar Latin *vīsāticum, derived from Latin vīsus (“appearance, sight”), derived from vidēre (“to see”). Compare vision. See -age (“noun suffix”).
Questions about visage
- What does visage mean?
- Visage means countenance; one's face.
- What is visage in Urdu?
- Visage in Urdu is مکھڑا (mukhṛā). See Visage meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is visage?
- Visage is a noun.
- How do you pronounce visage?
- Visage is pronounced /ˈvɪz.ɪd͡ʒ/.
- What is the plural of visage?
- The plural of visage is visages.
Words near visage in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: visage (page history and authors); مکھڑا (Urdu) (page history and authors); visage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); मुख (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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