pouty

[ pou-tee ]

/ ˈpaʊ ti /

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inclined to pout, or marked by pouting: a sullen, pouty child; a pouty face.

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An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; pout¹ + -y¹

The Florida-born stunner is pouty in a thoroughly concealing white sleeveless knit top.
Kate Upton Lands Second Vogue Cover; Lena Dunham Does Twiggy|The Fashion Beast Team|December 6, 2012|DAILY BEAST
No shiny upper thighs, pouty lips, breasts popping out of shirts, or cameras lingering on backsides prancing away.
Is October Baby’s Pro-Life Message Misunderstood?|Allison Yarrow|March 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Bush second term, the McCain candidacy, the TARP bailouts, the Party of No, left the GOP with a pouty defeatism.
Give Steele a Reality Show|John Batchelor|November 14, 2010|DAILY BEAST
The song celebrates the pouty-lipped cartel monarch Sandra Ávila Beltrán, aka “La Reina del Pacífico”—the Queen of the Pacific.
Queenpins of the Drug Cartels|Constantino Diaz-Duran|April 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST

One of these pouty-lipped, rich-tinted fairies, Ella May is, wearin' a baby stare and chorus-girl ear-danglers.
Torchy, Private Sec.|Sewell Ford