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
Nico no longer viewed Luka as a gift, but an enabled, pouty headcase who takes his talent for granted, won’t change, and will pay for it sooner rather than later.
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Feb. 2025
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.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pouty
irritable
Adjective
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Despite its self-destructive proclivities, the irritable giant has managed to make, and keep, a friend.—
Robin George Andrews,
New York Times,
22 July 2025
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Determined to make a clean SPF, Brown says a chemical formula was out of the question (chemical sunscreens are often thought to be unsafe for the coral reef and irritable to sensitive skin types).—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
9 July 2025
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