pouty

[ pou-tee ]

adjective,pout·i·er, pout·i·est.

Origin of pouty

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

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Robopets have long been designed with giant eyes and pouty features to make them instantly adorable to the human brain.
Amazon’s Astro robot is stupid. You’ll still fall in love with it. | Tanya Basu | October 4, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
Larraín turns this Diana into exactly the thing the royal family accused the real-life Diana of being, a willful and pouty constant complainer.
Kristen Stewart and Pablo Larraín Do Princess Diana Wrong in Spencer | Stephanie Zacharek | September 3, 2021 | Time
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 | THE 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 | THE 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 | THE 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 | THE 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

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