as in pouting
given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability
we could tell from the way she turned pouty that she'd lost the tennis match
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Recent Examples of pouty
This is a grumpy, pouty, dreary team right now.
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Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Dec. 2025
This is a look that’s equal parts polished and edgy, so go all-out with a full leather ensemble, wearing leather pants or thigh-high leather boots with a Parisian signature—a pouty red lip.
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Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Dec. 2025
Vergara ended the Instagram carousel with a closeup photo of herself holding up Amore, who appeared to have a pouty look while wearing both the red hood with fur on top and red Christmas bow collar.
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Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
Take Lily-Rose Depp and Vanessa Paradis for example, who both embrace their French women chicness with pouty lips and smoky eyes.
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Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
17 Dec. 2025
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Mark Zeigler,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Dec. 2025
This is a look that’s equal parts polished and edgy, so go all-out with a full leather ensemble, wearing leather pants or thigh-high leather boots with a Parisian signature—a pouty red lip.
—
Lane Nieset,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Dec. 2025
Vergara ended the Instagram carousel with a closeup photo of herself holding up Amore, who appeared to have a pouty look while wearing both the red hood with fur on top and red Christmas bow collar.
—
Kimberlee Speakman,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
Take Lily-Rose Depp and Vanessa Paradis for example, who both embrace their French women chicness with pouty lips and smoky eyes.
—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
17 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pouty
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pouty
irritable
Adjective
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The symptoms are so delayed that people often blame them on food poisoning, irritable-bowel syndrome, gluten intolerance.
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Cancer could be affectionate and chatty one moment, and withdrawn and irritable the next, with little to no explanation.
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“Pouty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pouty. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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