sourpuss

[souuh r-poo s, sou-er-]

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noun Informal.

a person having a grouchy disposition that is often accompanied by a scowling facial expression.

Origin of sourpuss

First recorded in 1935–40; sour + puss²

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Related Words for sourpuss

sorehead, grump, crank, crab, killjoy, growler, whiner, curmudgeon, crosspatch, faultfinder, griper, sulker

Examples from the Web for sourpuss

Contemporary Examples of sourpuss

Better that I leave the seminary than stay and become a sourpuss.
A Catholic Ex-Banker on Pope Francis’s Radical Views
Chris Lowney
December 15, 2013
Bob C. always thought Bob L. was a sourpuss, too "corrosive."
On the Peninsula
Bryan Curtis
April 25, 2011

British Dictionary definitions for sourpuss

sourpuss

noun

informal a person whose facial expression or nature is habitually gloomy or sullen

Word Origin for sourpuss

C20: from sour + puss ²

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Word Origin and History for sourpuss

1937, from sour (adj.) + puss (n.2) "face."