pouting
adjective
[ ˈpaʊtɪŋ ]
• pushing one's lips or one's bottom lip forward as an expression of annoyance or in order to look sexually attractive.
• "images of nubile, pouting models"
pout
verb
• push one's lips or one's bottom lip forward as an expression of petulant annoyance or in order to make oneself look sexually attractive.
• "she lounged on the steps, pouting"
Similar:
look petulant,
pull a face,
look sulky,
purse one's lips,
make a moue,
scowl,
glower,
sulk,
mop and mow,
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): perhaps from the base of Swedish dialect puta ‘be inflated’. Compare with pout2.
pout
noun
• another term for bib1 (sense 2 of the noun).
• another term for eelpout.
Origin:
Old English pūta (only in ǣlepūta ‘eelpout’); related to Dutch puit ‘frog, chub’, puitaal ‘eelpout’, and perhaps to pout1.
