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pout
1[ pout ]
verb (used without object)
- to thrust out the lips, especially in displeasure or sullenness.
- to swell out or protrude, as lips.
verb (used with object)
- to protrude (the lips).
- to utter with a pout.
noun
- the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
- a fit of sullenness:
to be in a pout.
pout
2[ pout ]
noun
- a northern marine food fish, Trisopterus luscus.
pout
1/ paʊt /
noun
- short for horned pout eelpout
- any of various gadoid food fishes, esp the bib (also called whiting pout )
- any of certain other stout-bodied fishes
pout
2/ paʊt /
verb
- to thrust out (the lips), as when sullen, or (of the lips) to be thrust out
- intr to swell out; protrude
- tr to utter with a pout
noun
- sometimes the pouts a fit of sullenness
- the act or state of pouting
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Derived Forms
- ˈpoutingly, adverb
- ˈpouty, adjective
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Other Words From
- poutful adjective
- pouting·ly adverb
- un·pouting adjective
- un·pouting·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Michael says that the trick to achieving a natural looking pout is to use a lip liner that’s a tad darker than your skin tone and line is slightly above your natural lip line, then fill in with the Rouge Allure L’Extrait.
For Taraji’s neutral lip look, Sheriff-Hendricks based the pout with the Smooth Silk Lip Liner in 7 to make Henson’s lips appear fuller.
Rocking a man-tank, sunglasses, and sultry pout, Billy Ray looks both embarrassingly excited to be included and super confused.
Boxy flannel and messy tears might as well have been a corset and a come-hither pout in The Perfect Storm.
Wearing a white tank top and moody pout, the Biebs addresses the rumors surrounding his speculative breakdown.
Every interaction with her was fraught lest she would throw a sulk or sink into a pout.
“Well, no helicopters today,” she said with an exaggerated pout.
I hoped that he wouldnt be home to lunch; hes awful cross, said Sue, with a pout and a flush.
You wife will pout if she can't go out: but she will go out, and take a carriage.
They sulk and pout, worse than humans, if one act wins more applause than another.
Lady Thurwell, who was a thorough little dame de société, rose with a pout and shrugged her shoulders.
"Frulein came out and called Edith away," said the child, with a little pout.
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What does pout mean?
To pout is to act in a gloomy and irritated way; to mope or sulk.
Children sometimes pout when they don’t get their way, often by sitting with their arms crossed and a specific look on their face: a kind of frown with the lips pushed out (sometimes just the bottom lip). This expression is also called a pout. The term is typically used in the context of young children, but it can be applied to adults in some situations.
Example: My toddler pouts when he doesn’t get his way, but I guess it’s better than throwing a tantrum.
Where does pout come from?
The first records of pout come from around 1300. It comes from the Middle English pouten, which is related to the Swedish puta, meaning “to be inflated.”
This is probably due to the fact that when you pout, you push your lips out and your mouth looks like it’s a little inflated. Children do this when they’re disappointed or upset. We commonly use the term for the expression for the behavior that goes along with it—refusing to talk, acting sullen, and maybe moaning or grunting. When we accuse an adult of pouting, we’re criticizing them for behaving in an immature and childish way (especially after not getting their way).
The pouty expression isn’t always used to express sullenness. Fashion models are known for using a pout when they’re being photographed since it’s supposedly an attractive look. An exaggerated version of this expression is called duckface, in which the lips are pushed out extra far in a way that’s compared to a duck’s bill.
Unrelatedly, pout is also a name for several different kinds of fish. When you make a fish face, it kind of looks like a pout, but that’s just a coincidence.
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How is pout used in real life?
The word pout referring to sulking behavior is often used in relation to children or adults acting like children. The expression is used in the same context but is also applied to people sticking out their lips to look cute.
When someone tries to apologize to you for something but you’ve already fully committed to pouting about it pic.twitter.com/q7aq95VlZE
— Peyton Clark (@peytonpclark) August 9, 2018
Curvy is pouting in her bed because I won't give her dinner 5 hours early….
— A Social Distance Too Far 🐓🌉👩🏻🏫✡️ (@CyborgBooBoo23) March 25, 2020
Johnathan has been at my house for three days and he just went home 20 minutes ago and I’m pouting about it. I miss him
— stv🕊🌹🤍 (@ohhoneysenpai) March 22, 2020
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Is pout used correctly in the following sentence?
You pouted for a full hour after you heard that the concert was sold out.
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