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pouty

[ pou-tee ]

adjective

, pout·i·er, pout·i·est.
  1. inclined to pout, or marked by pouting: pout:

    a sullen, pouty child; a pouty face.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of pouty1

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65; pout 1 + -y 1

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Example Sentences

Robopets have long been designed with giant eyes and pouty features to make them instantly adorable to the human brain.

Larraín turns this Diana into exactly the thing the royal family accused the real-life Diana of being, a willful and pouty constant complainer.

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The Florida-born stunner is pouty in a thoroughly concealing white sleeveless knit top.

No shiny upper thighs, pouty lips, breasts popping out of shirts, or cameras lingering on backsides prancing away.

The Bush second term, the McCain candidacy, the TARP bailouts, the Party of No, left the GOP with a pouty defeatism.

The song celebrates the pouty-lipped cartel monarch Sandra Ávila Beltrán, aka “La Reina del Pacífico”—the Queen of the Pacific.

One of these pouty-lipped, rich-tinted fairies, Ella May is, wearin' a baby stare and chorus-girl ear-danglers.

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