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sourpuss noun [ ˈsaʊəpʊs ]

• a bad-tempered or habitually sullen person.
Similar: misery, mope, dog in the manger, damper, dampener, spoilsport, pessimist, prophet of doom, shrew, curmudgeon, discontent, complainer, grumbler, moaner, fault-finder, carper, crank, crosspatch, grouch, grump, virago, grouser, wet blanket, party pooper, doom merchant, whinger, kvetch, jade, melancholiac,
Origin: 1930s (originally US): from sour + puss2.


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