moues

plural of moue
as in grimaces
a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval a moue of distaste at the display of bad manners

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Noun
  • There's room for laughs amid the tears and smiles amid the frowns.
    David Oliver, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Over the course of an hour, a virtuosic guitarist, a singer, and three dancers performed a program of mournful music and percussive dance, their faces set in serious frowns—an integral part of the performance.
    Fiona Mozley, Travel + Leisure, 4 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The two colubrid snakes in the study had fangs further back in their mouths.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The kids of Balsam are not rolling the candy of language in their mouths.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Before this high achiever entered La Mer’s roster of offerings, its lip category consisted only of The Lip Balm, The Lip Polish, and The Lip Volumizer — all geared towards nourishing, restoring, and, in case of the latter, treating pouts to buildable color.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • While Shrek pouts about missing his solo ogre days, the dastardly Rumpelstiltskin takes advantage, offering him a contract to relive that romanticized time in his life — for a day.
    Skyler Trepel September 1, EW.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Moues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/moues. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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