as in pouty
given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability
stayed in a pouting mood until her boyfriend apologized, though he didn't have the vaguest idea what he was apologizing for
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1
as in protruding
to extend outward beyond a usual point
her lips pouted as she glared at him silently
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2
as in frowning
to silently go about in a bad mood
pouted and didn't say a word to anyone all morning
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Recent Examples of pouting
Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
My introduction to Peters came late last year, when Instagram’s algorithm served me a video of him wearing a baseball cap, primping and pouting for the camera.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
He’s never been seen publicly pouting or seeming unhappy.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
At the bull riding, no one can have fun because Natalie is pouting because her fight attempt failed.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
This was followed by a shot of them all pouting as Landon and Alabama flashed peace signs and their dad took his turn to flip off the camera.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
Some people will probably be pouting in those debriefs.
—Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
My introduction to Peters came late last year, when Instagram’s algorithm served me a video of him wearing a baseball cap, primping and pouting for the camera.
—Thomas Chatterton Williams, The Atlantic, 19 Jan. 2026
He’s never been seen publicly pouting or seeming unhappy.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
At the bull riding, no one can have fun because Natalie is pouting because her fight attempt failed.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Dec. 2025
This was followed by a shot of them all pouting as Landon and Alabama flashed peace signs and their dad took his turn to flip off the camera.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pouting
Adjective
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This is Martha before the magazine and the product lines, before the Snoop Dogg friendship and the pouty lips.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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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.—
Stixx Mathews,
Essence,
21 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Features such as surface roughness and protruding fibers create more sites where particles can stick to the outer surface rather than passing through.—
Sumit Mandal,
The Conversation,
9 June 2026
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Elsewhere on the trophy, there are the original rules to soccer, from 1863, which include a proscription on players having nails, iron plates, or gutta-percha—a Malaysian rubberlike material, now used in root canals—protruding from their boots.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Derek Hinkey’s character, the Shoshone warrior Red Feather, is almost always frowning at white settlers, looking undeniably foreboding with his face slathered in black paint and galloping on horseback into battle.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2025
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Neither smiling nor frowning, her gaze seems one of purpose.—
Jennifer Brett,
Nashville Tennessean,
16 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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But Maguire, now 43, became sad and irritable, and didn’t want to be around his newborn.—
Keith Wagstaff,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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Additionally, Owens' youngest child, Titus, who was just a toddler when his mother died, was confused, irritable and inconsolable in the weeks after her death, Dias shared.—
Lynsey Eidell,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
Verb
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Earlier this year, the Mars Odyssey captured a dazzling image showing an unprecedented view of a 12-mile-high volcano poking through clouds at dawn on the red planet.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
10 Dec. 2025
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Starting in 2000, the Steelers, Jets, Colts, Ravens, Broncos all took turns poking the bear that was the dynasty-era Patriots, and, occasionally, drew blood.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Picture Andy Warhol scowling in the corner of the billiards room.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
11 Dec. 2025
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Now our favorite scowling friend is getting his own movie, too.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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After a strange courtship ritual—in which, as a favor to Liveright, Cerf accompanied the writer Theodore Dreiser to an afternoon baseball game that the latter man, bored, sulky, whisked them from around the sixth inning—Cerf took the job.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Nov. 2025
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Still, Ortega’s performance proves that sulky, baleful gravity doesn’t have to lose its strange luster over time (a third season has already been announced).—
Tom Gliatto,
PEOPLE,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The top of my head had been level with the bulging briefcase the girl had tucked under her arm.—
Annie Ernaux,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
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That expansion can lead to bulging eyes, double vision and related challenges.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
27 May 2026
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“Pouting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pouting. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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