pout

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) To push out one's lips.
2. (intransitive) To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
3. (intransitive) To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
4. (transitive) To say while pouting.

Noun

1. One's facial expression when pouting.
2. A fit of sulking or sullenness.

Noun

Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).

Noun

Alternative form of poult.

Synonyms

sulk

brood

wry face

moue

eelpout

displeased

purse

👛

mop

in a huff

hornpout

horned pout

mow

sullenness

obstinate

be sulky

frown

protrude the lips

pucker the lips

Ameiurus Melas

tuck up

uncommunicative

purse lips

purse one’s lips

sullen

lower

dissatisfied

be hurt

be offended

be peevish

feel hurt

ill humor

pull a long face

take offence

viviparous eelpout

hate

😡

be sullen

be very sulky

look cross

look very cross

sulk much

pout whiting

angry

😠

adopt sulky expression

become angry

bib

bulge

disgruntled

displeasure

disregard

downcast

Translations

bouder

schmollen

moue

😡

pruilen

faire la moue

😡

mohín

😡

broncio

immusonirsi

fazer beicinho

fare il muso

schürzen

fare il broncio

😡

pruilmondje

amuar

puchero

Pronounced as (IPA)

/paʊt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: pouten

Cognate with Norwegian: pute

Cognate with Swedish: puta

Cognate with Danish: pude

Cognate with English: eelpout

Cognate with Dutch: puit

Cognate with Low German: puddig

Cognate with Sanskrit: बुद्बुद

Inherited from Middle English: *poute

Inherited from Old English: *pūte

In summary

From Middle English pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare Norwegian pute (“pillow, cushion”), dial. Swedish puta (“to be puffed out”), Danish pude (“pillow, cushion”)), from Proto-Germanic *pūto (“swollen”) (compare English eelpout, Dutch puit, Low German puddig (“inflated”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell”) (compare Sanskrit बुद्बुद (budbuda, “bubble”)).