pouty
/pˈaʊti/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.38 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Shaped into a pout; (of lips) protruding (often implying sulkiness or flirtiness). (of a mouth)
adj
Characterized by pouting. (of an action or quality)
Example Sentences
- "1799, Cassandra Leigh Cook, Battleridge, London: Cawthorn, Volume 1, Chapter 5, p. 77, ‘My dear Doctor,’ said he, ‘this wrathful man thinks you have been unsuccessful, and is primed to be pouty; let us enjoy the pleasure of discovery by a little delay; […] ’"
- "Long ago when Jade used to come for holiday visits, Margaret found her awkward and pouty, but now that she was grown up, she was pretty and a lot of fun."
- "1851, Donald Grant Mitchell (as Ik. Marvel.), Dream Life, New York: Scribner, Chapter 5, pp. 239-240, Was there ever a baby seen, or even read of, like that baby! […] he is a little pouty about the mouth—but such a mouth!"
- "Those girls, who could have been her daughters, were beautiful. […] Their mouths were pouty little cupid’s bows."
- "a pale brunette whose pouty Maybelline red lips put Scarlett O’Hara’s sneer to shame"
- "Where other actresses offer us a sort of pouty boredom which yet seeks to flirt with the audience, Huppert presents severity, anger, and an irritation raised to the condition of nausea."
Etymology
Etymology tree English pout Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English pouty From pout + -y.