pouty
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of pouty
Example Sentences
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Kateryna, whose social-media pages are lined with pouty photographs, worked as a tattoo artist.
A pouty, teenage bride-to-be is the humorous focus of “Before the Wedding.”
Bondi’s tired put-downs were so bad that “Saturday Night Live” parodied them over the weekend, with guest host Amy Poehler playing the pouty attorney general.
From Salon
He helped her land a record deal as a solo act; she remade Robert Hazard’s somewhat pouty “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” — as opposed to getting serious with a guy, the original laments — as a kind of exuberant liberation cry.
From Los Angeles Times
Ohtani unironically made a Joe Kelly pouty face.
From Los Angeles Times
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