Meaning

(intransitive) To push out one's lips..

Definitions by Sense

1. (intransitive) To push out one's lips.
2. (intransitive) To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
3. (intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
4. (transitive) To say while pouting.
5. One's facial expression when pouting.
6. A fit of sulking or sullenness.
7. (rare) Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
8. Alternative form of poult.

Example Sentences

"Don't you love me any more?" she pouted.

2008, Vladimir Nabokov, Natasha, written 1924, translated by Dmitri Nabokov With a pout, Natasha counted the drops, and her eyelashes kept time.

Word Forms

• pouts
• pouting
• pouted

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Use pout when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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