poutier; poutiest
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: expressive of displeasure
Examples of pouty in a Sentence
we could tell from the way she turned pouty that she'd lost the tennis match
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This is Martha before the magazine and the product lines, before the Snoop Dogg friendship and the pouty lips.
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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
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.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
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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
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.
—James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2023
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“Pouty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pouty. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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