pout

¹

[ pout ]

verb (used without object)

1. to thrust out the lips, especially in displeasure or sullenness.
2. to look or be sullen; sulk; mope.

   Synonyms: scowl, glower, brood

3. to swell out or protrude, as lips.

verb (used with object)

1. to protrude (the lips).
2. to utter with a pout.

noun

1. the act of pouting; a protrusion of the lips.
2. a fit of sullenness:

   to be in a pout.

pout

²

[ pout ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) pout, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) pouts.

1. horned pout.
2. ocean pout.
3. a northern marine food fish, Trisopterus luscus.

pout

¹

/ paʊt /

noun

1. short for horned pout eelpout
2. any of various gadoid food fishes, esp the bib (also called whiting pout )
3. any of certain other stout-bodied fishes

pout

²

/ paʊt /

verb

1. to thrust out (the lips), as when sullen, or (of the lips) to be thrust out
2. intr to swell out; protrude
3. tr to utter with a pout

noun

1. sometimes the pouts a fit of sullenness
2. the act or state of pouting

Derived Forms

• ˈpoutingly, adverb
• ˈpouty, adjective

Other Words From

• poutful adjective
• pouting·ly adverb
• un·pouting adjective
• un·pouting·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of pout¹

First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English pouten; probably from Old Norse; compare Swedish dialect puta “to be inflated,” Norwegian (noun) “pute ”

Origin of pout²

First recorded before 1000; Old English -pūta, in ǣlepūta “eelpout” (not recorded in Middle English ); akin to Low German pūtāl and aalputte “eelpout,” Dutch puit “frog”

Word History and Origins

Origin of pout¹

Old English -pūte as in ǣlepūte eelpout; related to Dutch puit frog

Origin of pout²

C14: of uncertain origin; compare Swedish dialect puta inflated, Danish pude pillow

Example Sentences

The stereotypical image of a smoker may once have been an old, overweight man with rotting teeth, but that's now been replaced by the young and glamorous celebrities who pout at the camera mysteriously with a Marlboro Gold in hand.

From BBC

Never once did he drag or pout or complain.

From Los Angeles Times

Nichols’ camera eats Butler up hungrily, every inch of battered denim and well-worn leather; every soulful pout and blood-spattered grin wordlessly seducing Kathy to the dark side.

From Los Angeles Times

Her suspicions remained on her face as a beaky pout.

From Literature

But Balcer refused to fold or let the fan base pout.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• mope
• sulk