moue

[ moo ]

/ mu /

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noun, plural moues [moo] /mu/.

a pouting grimace.

Words nearby moue

motzer, mou, mouch, mouchette, mouchoir, moue, mouflon, mought, mouillé, moujik, moulage

Origin of moue

< French; Old French moe; see mow³

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Examples from the Web for moue

She made a moue that I ought to have found fascinating, nodding emphatically.
The Jervaise Comedy|J. D. Beresford
Mademoiselle shook back her rippling satin hair, and made a little French moue mutine.
Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir|May Agnes Fleming
And finally than by co- mon places to moue the iudge to mercy & pitie vpon hym.
The Art or Crafte of Rhetoryke|Leonard Cox
Under the cottonwoods she pulled up her skirt a trifle and made a moue of disgust at the soiled slipper.
Oh, You Tex!|William Macleod Raine

She gave a charming little shrug, accompanied with what Roger, from his novel-reading, conceived to be a moue.
Helena's Path|Anthony Hope

British Dictionary definitions for moue

moue

/ French (mu) /

noun

a disdainful or pouting look

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moue

noun, plural moues [moo] /mu/.

Words related to moue

Words nearby moue

Origin of moue

Examples from the Web for moue

British Dictionary definitions for moue

noun