pout

Plural: pouts

Noun

a disdainful grimace
marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
catfish common in eastern United States
One's facial expression when pouting.
A fit of sulking or sullenness.
Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
Alternative form of poult.

Verb

Verb Forms: pouted, pouting, pouts

To push out one's lips to show displeasure or sulkiness.
be in a huff and display one's displeasure
- "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip
- "The girl pouted"
To push out one's lips.
To thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
To be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
To say while pouting.
To shoot poults.

Examples

"Don't you love me any more?" she pouted.
After his opponent played a seven-letter word, he couldn’t help but POUT.

Origin / Etymology

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”)).

Synonyms

Ameiurus Melas, brood, eelpout, horned pout, hornpout, mop, moue, mow, sulk, wry face

Scrabble Score: 6

pout: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
pout: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pout: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

pout: valid Words With Friends Word