as in frown
a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval
a moue of distaste at the display of bad manners
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Recent Examples of moue
In her trademark cat-eye glasses, with her bitter-lemon moue, Hoffman, as Moth, is comedy just standing there; Harada, as Mustardseed, a warmth machine.
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New York Times,
24 Oct. 2021
Not just any moue, either, but a supermoue—a whole cultural attitude distilled into a single boffff.
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Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2020
New York Times,
24 Oct. 2021
Not just any moue, either, but a supermoue—a whole cultural attitude distilled into a single boffff.
—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
13 Mar. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for moue
Noun
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Numbers might be up, but frowns are also up.
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Turning a smile into a frown, or a frown into a smile.
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He was immortalized in a perpetual full-body muscle flex, and bore the grimace of a guy who really, really wants to pick a fight.
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And Ahmed, with his fearful eyes and tense grimace, makes for a compellingly sad and isolated figure.
Noun
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The role requires basically one expression, a mechanized scowl.
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His scowl in training sessions was permanent.
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Her boyfriend tried to get her out of the alligator’s mouth, officials said.
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Four meals a day, and 61 mouths to feed.
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And in just one swipe, my pout was glazed in a hot, brick red shade worthy of a night out on the town.
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So how, exactly, did these polka-dot pouts make their way onto the mood board?
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“Moue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moue. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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