poutier; poutiest
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: expressive of displeasure
Examples of pouty in a Sentence
we could tell from the way she turned pouty that she'd lost the tennis match
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There’s no tackiness or flakiness and this particular shade for me, just makes my lips look and feel so pouty and glossy — with a shine that lasts.
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Stixx Mathews, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
The formula gets bonus points for not feeling sticky, not traveling or feathering, and smoothing out lip lines for a plump, pouty effect.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The passengers include several other mountain trekkers, among them an American professor (Bernard Curry) and his teenage daughter, Starr (Grace O’Sullivan), the latter’s nature instantly signified by her pouty demeanor and inability to put away her cell phone.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
Their brows are furrowed, their mouths are pouty, their faces are twisted into ever-more over-the-top expressions of longing and ambivalence.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
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Stixx Mathews, Essence, 21 Oct. 2025
The formula gets bonus points for not feeling sticky, not traveling or feathering, and smoothing out lip lines for a plump, pouty effect.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
The passengers include several other mountain trekkers, among them an American professor (Bernard Curry) and his teenage daughter, Starr (Grace O’Sullivan), the latter’s nature instantly signified by her pouty demeanor and inability to put away her cell phone.
—Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 26 June 2025
Their brows are furrowed, their mouths are pouty, their faces are twisted into ever-more over-the-top expressions of longing and ambivalence.
—Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pouty
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“Pouty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pouty. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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