pouty

[pou-tee]

adjective

poutier, poutiest 

1. inclined to pout, or marked by pouting: pout.

   a sullen, pouty child; a pouty face.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pouty¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; pout ¹ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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.

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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.

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Ohtani unironically made a Joe Kelly pouty face.

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The problem is with a certain pouty president who can’t get over the fact California voters just aren’t that into him.

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Those close to the governor say Newsom is in a much better place now than the pouty, sulky space he occupied in the months after President Biden stepped aside and anointed Harris as his successor.

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