pout

[pout]

verb (used without object)

to thrust out the lips, especially in displeasure or sullenness.

to look or be sullen.

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.

Origin of pout

1275–1325; Middle English pouten; cognate with Swedish (dial.) puta to be inflated

Related formspout·ful, adjectivepout·ing·ly, adverbun·pout·ing, adjectiveun·pout·ing·ly, adverb

Synonyms for pout

1, 2. brood, mope, glower, scowl, sulk.

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Related Words for pouted

mope, sulk, glower, frown, moue, grouch, grump

Examples from the Web for pouted

Contemporary Examples of pouted

Democrats split over moves to weaken Wall Street reforms, and Republicans pouted over lost leverage.
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Ben Jacobs
December 12, 2014
“Some bit their lips, some pouted, others cried,” hiding such emotions beneath their round, broad-brimmed hats.
Washington in Victory
Piers Brendon
October 10, 2008

Historical Examples of pouted

Hyacinthe pouted by way of expressing his contempt of all fruitfulness.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete
Emile Zola
Rose pouted as if her womanly character had been compromised.
Nana, The Miller's Daughter, Captain Burle, Death of Olivier Becaille
Emile Zola
He must have expected more signs of means than he found, for he pouted slightly.
Fruitfulness
Emile Zola
Kate pretended to be angry at the rebuff, and pouted her lips, but her eyes were beaming.
The Manxman
Hall Caine
He shrugged and pouted and had fresh recourse to his pomander.
The Strolling Saint
Raphael Sabatini

British Dictionary definitions for pouted

pout

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

Derived Formspoutingly, adverbpouty, adjective

Word Origin for pout

C14: of uncertain origin; compare Swedish dialect puta inflated, Danish pude pillow

pout

noun plural pout or pouts

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

Word Origin for pout

Old English -pūte as in ǣlepūte eelpout; related to Dutch puit frog

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Word Origin and History for pouted

pout

early 14c., of uncertain origin, perhaps from Scandinavian (cf. Swedish dialectal puta "to be puffed out"), or Frisian (cf. East Frisian püt "bag, swelling," Low German puddig "swollen"); related via notion of "inflation" to Old English ælepute "fish with inflated parts," and Middle Dutch puyt, Flemish puut "frog," from hypothetical PIE imitative root *beu- suggesting "swelling" (see bull (n.2)). Related: Pouted; pouting. As a noun from 1590s.