pout
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pout¹
- /paʊt/ UK
- /pʌʊt/ Canada
Rhymes with -aʊt
Where it comes from
From Middle English pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare Norwegian pute (“pillow, cushion”), dial. Swedish puta (“to be puffed out”), Danish pude (“pillow, cushion”)), from Proto-Germanic *pūto (“swollen”) (compare English eelpout, Dutch puit, Low German puddig (“inflated”)), from Proto-Indo-European *bu- (“to swell”) (compare Sanskrit बुद्बुद (budbuda, “bubble”)).
verb pouts · pouting · pouted
- To push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay, either serious or playful.
- To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
- To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
- To say while pouting. "Don't you love me any more?" she pouted.
Similar: moue
noun pouts
- One's facial expression when pouting. 2008, Vladimir Nabokov, Natasha, written 1924, translated by Dmitri Nabokov With a pout, Natasha counted the drops, and her eyelashes kept time.
- A fit of sulking or sullenness.
pout²
- /paʊt/ UK
- /pʌʊt/ Canada
Rhymes with -aʊt
Where it comes from
From Middle English *poute, from Old English *pūte as in ǣlepūta, ǣlepūte (“eelpout”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bew- (“to swell”). Related to pout (“to push one's lip out”).
noun pouts
- Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
pout³
- /paʊt/ UK
- /pʌʊt/ Canada
Rhymes with -aʊt
noun pouts
- Alternative form of poult
verb pouts · pouting · pouted
- To shoot poults.
Thesaurus
verb
Similar: moue
Translations
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verb push out one’s lips
| Español | hacer pucheros, pucherear |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 口を尖らす kuchi o togarasu, 唇を尖らす kuchibiru o togarasu |
| 中文 | 撅嘴 juēzuǐ |
| Português | fazer beiço |
| Français | bouder, faire la moue |
| Deutsch | schürzen, die Lippen schürzen |
| Italiano | fare il broncio |
| Русский | надува́ть гу́бы naduvátʹ gúby, наду́ть гу́бы nadútʹ gúby, ду́ться dútʹsja, наду́ться nadútʹsja |
| Tiếng Việt | bĩu, trề, chu, dẩu |
| العربية | بوّز bawwaza, بَرطَمَ barṭama |
verb sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
| Español | hacer un mohín, ponerse de morros |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 拗ねる suneru, やさぐれる yasagureru |
| 中文 | 撅嘴 juēzuǐ, 噘 juē |
| Português | amuar |
| Français | bouder |
| Deutsch | schmollen, einen Schmollmund machen |
| Italiano | mettere il broncio |
| Русский | ду́ться dútʹsja, ку́кситься kúksitʹsja |
noun facial expression
| Español | mohín, puchero |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 膨れっ面 fukurettsura |
| 中文 | 撅嘴 juēzuǐ |
| Português | beiço |
| Français | moue |
| Deutsch | Schmollmund |
| Italiano | broncio |
| Русский | наду́тые гу́бы nadútyje gúby, недово́льная грима́са nedovólʹnaja grimása |
Talk about this word "pout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/pout. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. pout. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/pout "pout." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/pout.Cite this
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title = {pout},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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