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pouty

pouty

15 4.2
Having lips pushed out to show annoyance or to look attractive
  • adjective
  • /ˈpaʊti/
translation icon : con los labios en puchero
  • The actress posed for the camera with her pouty lips accentuated by bright lipstick.
  • pouty lips
  • pouty mouth
  • look pouty

Look at me, you know, pouty lips and all that sort of thing.

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Examples

  • You know, the one with the pouty eyes and smoldering lips.

  • She had these big eyes and this pouty little mouth.

  • Oh, look at the pouty girl.

  • I just love how pouty and big it makes your lips look.

  • You've just got extremely pouty full lips.

  • Jerry Huff is handsome in a pouty, heavy-lidded way.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Mum's mouth looked pouty under the crimson lipstick.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • Though in her early sixties, Hannah had surprisingly girlish features: upturned nose, round green eyes, pouty lips.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • A young boy, Sonny Storm, rushes out—excited but pouty and a little peeved.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • She gave him a pouty look when he didn't share his dessert.

Synonyms

puckery
vspouty
8.4

Having a tight, wrinkled look or making the mouth feel tight

describes lips pushed outward to show annoyance or sulking

Antonyms

2 1.0

Having a smile that shows happiness or friendliness

How Pouty

sullen
26 4.7
sulky
6 5.0
pouty
15 4.2

Surface Forms

pouty positive

Morphology

pouty = pout (transparent) = pout + y

The adjective is directly formed from 'pout' with the productive suffix '-y', meaning 'having or characterized by a pout'.

Etymology

The word pouty comes from the simple verb pout ('push out the lips') plus the ending -y that makes an adjective. So someone who is pouty has their lips pushed out to show annoyance or to try to look attractive.