EGAVE

pout

About 0.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay, either serious or playful.
  2. verb To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
  3. verb To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
  4. verb To say while pouting.
    "Don't you love me any more?" she pouted.
  5. noun One's facial expression when pouting.
  6. noun A fit of sulking or sullenness.
  7. noun Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
  8. noun Alternative form of poult.

Similar words

moue sulk mop hornpout mow brood eelpout horned pout ameiurus melas wry face

Often followed by

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Word family

pouted pouting pouts

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