Synonyms for faces

Grammar : Noun, verb

Spell : feys

Phonetic Transcription : feɪs

Top 10 synonyms for faces

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Définition of faces

Origin : late 13c., "front of the head," from Old French face (12c.) "face, countenance, look, appearance," from Vulgar Latin *facia (cf. Italian faccia), from Latin facies "appearance, form, figure," and secondarily "visage, countenance;" probably related to facere "to make" (see factitious).
Replaced Old English andwlita (from root of wlitan "to see, look") and ansyn, the usual word (from the root of seon "see"). In French, the use of face for "front of the head" was given up 17c. and replaced by visage (older vis), from Latin visus "sight." To lose face (or save face), 1876, is said to be from Chinese tu lien. Face value was originally (1878) of bank notes, postage stamps, etc.

noun front of something; expression, exterior
noun pretense, nerve
noun authority, status
verb come up against a situation
verb be opposite; look at
verb put paint or finish on

Example sentences :

Whether I will be permitted again to look upon your dear faces, I also am ignorant.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

How pale and eager their faces looked as they bent above him!
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

They were all facing him, and their faces were alive with interest; yet they made no hostile move.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

He could even look through a crack and see the faces of the strangers.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

But after all, I dare say there will be no need but to shew your faces in my company.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Meantime, as their faces are now turned from me, I may look elsewhere.
Extract from : « Sights from a Steeple (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Her smile of recollection was reflected in the faces of her friends.
Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower

Their faces fell, and even Mark began a gentle expostulation.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Now as for these rotters, I'll plant a crop of fists on their faces.
Extract from : « The Dramatic Values in Plautus » by Wilton Wallace Blancke

They hold the whole castle, for I see their faces at the windows.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

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