mindmap root((面容)) face is the simple, direct, and also the inclusive term: a strikingly handsome ~. countenance applies to a face as seen and as revealing a mood, character, or attitude: the benign ~ of my grandmother. visage suggests attention to shape and proportions of the face and sometimes to the impressions it gives or the changes in moods it reflects: a penetrating gaze and an aquiline nose gave him a birdlike ~. physiognomy suggests attention to the contours and characteristic expression as indicative of race, temperament, disease, or qualities of mind or character: a youth with the ~ of a warrior.