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.
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His scowl in training sessions was permanent.
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So just sit and smile, a departure from a career built on scowl.
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Cellphone video shows a staff member with a bloodied mouth climbing into the back of an ambulance.
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Gleaning from context clues, French fries is season 8’s code for hand and/or mouth stuff.
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Whether painting one’s pout was deemed empowering or degrading often reflected the feminine expectations of different generations.
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Lanolips 12-Hour Overnight Lip Mask goes on thick, healing cracked, dry lips overnight for an undeniably kissable pout.
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“Moue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moue. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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