Definitions

phiz

[fiz] / fɪz /

NOUN

face

Synonyms

STRONGEST

air aspect light look mask surface top

STRONG

appearance cast clock countenance dial disguise display facet features finish frontage frontal frontispiece frown glower grimace guise kisser lineaments makeup map mug obverse paint physiognomy pout presentation profile scowl seeming semblance show showing silhouette simulacrum smirk visage

Antonyms

STRONG

grin hiding reality smile

WEAK

back behind character personality rear

NOUN

physiognomy

Synonyms

STRONG

appearance aspect countenance expression feature look mien portrait visage

NOUN

complexion

Synonyms

STRONG

color coloration coloring pigmentation skin skin tone tint tone

WEAK

cast face hue texture tinge

Example Sentences

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The father's great red face, with its peaked yellow beard, contrasts touchingly, somehow, with the wee pale phiz of his little son.

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"Take off your goold specs, Ag; let's see your Dimmycratic phiz out and out!" said Flan Sucker at the top of his voice, from the outskirts of the assemblage.

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The little steamer that makes the tour of Lake Leman, began to "phiz" by sunrise directly under the windows of our hotel.

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“Give it to us! give it to us!” echoed the whole company, getting an inkling, from the solemn phiz of the old gentleman, that something rich was in the wind.

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I never saw the fellow before he came here, but I've made the acquaintance of his phiz in the rogue's gallery.

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