Pout

Quick meaning: Pout is a verb meaning (intransitive) To push out one's lips.

Meaning

(intransitive) To push out one's lips.

More Meanings

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

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

Synonyms for pout

Depending on context, synonyms include moue, brood, sulk, mow, mop, eelpout.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include moue, sulk, mop, hornpout, mow, brood.

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