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Moue means A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness..
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/muː/ · noun
A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness..
[S]he looked at her face and made a moue in the glass; and never stopped for Laura’s answer to the questions which she had put.
She glanced aside to the rim of the looking-glass where his photograph was wedged, shuddered, and made a moue of distaste.
She made what I believe, though I wouldn't swear to it, is called a moue. Putting the lips together and shoving them out, if you know what I mean. The impression I got was that she was disappointed in Bertram, having expected better things […].
Why do you wear European clothes?" fumed Oscar de la Renta with a moue of disapproval and stamp of his bejewelled foot (probably).
Use moue when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Moue means A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness..
Common synonyms include pout, wry face.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[S]he looked at her face and made a moue in the glass; and never stopped for Laura’s answer to the questions which she had put.
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