visage
/ˈvɪzɪdʒ/ (bre, ipa) · [vˈɪzədʒ] /ˈvɪzɪdʒ/ (ame, ipa) · [vˈɪzədʒ] /ˈvi-zij How to pronounce visage (audio)/ (ame, mw)
visage — noun
- visagesingular
- visagesplural
1. someone's face, especially in formal or literary writing
someone's face, especially in formal or literary writing
The candle lit only half of Femi's tired visage in the doorway.
formal noun for a person's face
The bathroom mirror showed Hiro a pale visage after the night train.
collocation: a pale visage
Dust covered the stone king's visage above the old temple gate.
When the doctor opened the curtain, Devika's calm visage eased Ilan's fear.
The portrait captured Christopher's stern visage before the court meeting.
- face
the normal everyday word and much more common in speech
- countenance
formal like visage, but often focuses more on visible expression
- features
usually refers to the parts or shape of the face rather than the whole face as a single image
文法句型
a pale / stern / tired visage
show / hide / turn one's visage
用法筆記
Mostly found in formal, literary, or slightly humorous writing rather than everyday conversation. Writers often choose it when they want to focus on a person's facial look or expression in a more dramatic way than the usual word 'face'.