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Pout   /paʊt/   Listen
Pout

noun
1.
A disdainful grimace.  Synonyms: moue, wry face.
2.
Marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas.  Synonym: eelpout.
3.
Catfish common in eastern United States.  Synonyms: Ameiurus Melas, horned pout, hornpout.
verb
(past & past part. pouted; pres. part. pouting)
1.
Be in a huff and display one's displeasure.  Synonyms: brood, sulk.
2.
Make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip.  Synonyms: mop, mow.  "The girl pouted"



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"Pout" Quotes from Famous Books



... right fit, In half of the Spanish throne to sit; Tho' blue her eyes and wanly fair, Her cheek, and her neck, and her flaxen hair; For free and full— She can laugh as she watches the staggering bull; And tap on the jewels of her fan, While horse and man, Reel on in a ruby rain of gore; And pout her lip at the Toreador; And fling a jest If he leave the fight with unsullied vest, No crack on his skin, Where the bull's sharp horn has entered in. Caramba, gossips, I would not be king, And rule and reign Over wine-shop, and palace, and all broad Spain, If under my wing— I had ...
— Old Spookses' Pass • Isabella Valancy Crawford

... that mamma was frequently absent and preoccupied. She sat by me on the sofa while Ellen played to us; her hand sought mine, and frequently squeezed it affectionately. Harry sat by Ellen, which enabled me often to raise my head and pout my lips for a kiss in a boyish way. It was never refused. She dwelt on my mouth sensuously with half-opened lips, but apparently afraid to tip me the velvet of her tongue. She frequently gave a shudder and trembled, and was evidently ...
— The Romance of Lust - A classic Victorian erotic novel • Anonymous

... chin: she was like a country girl, with fine intelligent dark eyes, very trustful, very soft, rather short-sighted: her nose was a little too large, and she had a tiny mole on her upper lip by the corner of her mouth, and she had a quiet smile which made her pout prettily and thrust out her lower lip, which was a little protruding. She was kind, active, clever, but she had no curiosity of mind. She read very little, and never any of the newest books, never went to the theater, never traveled,—(for traveling bored her father, who had had too much ...
— Jean Christophe: In Paris - The Market-Place, Antoinette, The House • Romain Rolland

... potest ad sanctum: Ecclesiam, pacem habeat vitae 2. il pout venir a sainte Eglise, out pais de vie 3. il pout venir alla Sainta ...
— Account of the Romansh Language - In a Letter to Sir John Pringle, Bart. P. R. S. • Joseph Planta, Esq. F. R. S.

... Wife's in her Pout, (As she's sometimes, no doubt;) The good Husband as meek as a Lamb, Her Vapours to still, First grants her her Will, And the quieting Draught is a Dram. Poor Man! And the quieting Draught is ...
— The Beggar's Opera - to which is prefixed the Musick to each Song • John Gay


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