giving face
Exuding fierce presence
Giving face is a phrase from ballroom and drag culture meaning to serve a striking, captivating facial expression or look.
Someone giving face commands attention through their features, attitude, and presence: She was giving face in every photo from the runway.
The expression has spread into mainstream slang, often appearing as giving face or the intensified giving good face, to praise someone's photogenic quality or fierce demeanor.
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- courtesyRespectful, considerate behavior
- politenessCourteous, respectful conduct
- good mannersSocially acceptable conduct
social graces · polite society · social harmony · compliments · respect · bow · respect for elders · paying tribute · public recognition · honor codes · nod · collectivism · acknowledgment · tact · validation · indirectness · reading the room · hierarchy
giving faceflat affect
Diminished emotional expressiveness
phoning it in · expressionless · wooden · stiff · unremarkable
giving facelosing face
Social humiliation or shame
shaming · humiliating · disrespecting · showing disrespect · dishonoring
giving faceblending in
Avoiding notice by conforming
wallflower · shrinking violet · phoning it in · hiding · keeping a low profile
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