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
Instead, Schrader recasts his old American Gigolo — Gere’s wisps of white hair, unshaven beard, and wheelchair mostly recall a pouty version of elderly Henry Miller in Warren Beatty’s Reds.
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Armond White, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
This is Martha before the magazine and the product lines, before the Snoop Dogg friendship and the pouty lips.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
But after a whiny Netflix documentary, a whiny biography (‘Spare’ — even the title is a pouty gripe) and an inert podcast, the Harry and Meghan brand swelled into a sanctimonious bubble just begging to be popped — and ‘South Park’ was the pin.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
One fan recently dressed as a teenage Baker in 1990s skater regalia, based on a photo of the guitarist as a pouty Tennessee high schooler.
—Lizzy Goodman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
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Armond White, National Review, 25 Dec. 2024
This is Martha before the magazine and the product lines, before the Snoop Dogg friendship and the pouty lips.
—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 28 Jan. 2024
But after a whiny Netflix documentary, a whiny biography (‘Spare’ — even the title is a pouty gripe) and an inert podcast, the Harry and Meghan brand swelled into a sanctimonious bubble just begging to be popped — and ‘South Park’ was the pin.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024
One fan recently dressed as a teenage Baker in 1990s skater regalia, based on a photo of the guitarist as a pouty Tennessee high schooler.
—Lizzy Goodman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pouty
irritable
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It is believed to reduce pain and inflammation, and has been used for treatment of back pain, high blood pressure, arthritis, migraines, and irritable bowel disease.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
4 Apr. 2025
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And even in what was a stilted match played in an increasingly irritable atmosphere, Rogers and Tielemans delivered with an assist each.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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“Pouty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pouty. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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