pouty

== English == === Etymology === From pout + -y. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === pouty (comparative poutier, superlative poutiest) Tending to pout; angry in a childish or cute way; showing mock anger. (of a person) Synonyms: sulky, sullen 1799, Cassandra Leigh Cook, Battleridge, London: Cawthorn, Volume 1, Chapter 5, p. 77,[1] ‘My dear Doctor,’ said he, ‘this wrathful man thinks you have been unsuccessful, and is primed to be pouty; let us enjoy the pleasure of discovery by a little delay; […] ’ Shaped into a pout; (of lips) protruding (often implying sulkiness or flirtiness). (of a mouth) 1851, Donald Grant Mitchell (as Ik. Marvel.), Dream Life, New York: Scribner, Chapter 5, pp. 239-240,[3] Was there ever a baby seen, or even read of, like that baby! […] he is a little pouty about the mouth—but such a mouth! Characterized by pouting. (of an action or quality) 2006, Gary Shteyngart, Absurdistan, London: Granta, 2008, Chapter 27, p. 214,[7] Only their full red lips bore similarity, the father’s bubbly wedges endowing him with a drag queen’s pouty glamour. ==== Synonyms ==== poutish ==== Derived terms ==== poutily poutiness ==== Translations ==== == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈpou̯tɪ] === Noun === pouty n instrumental plural of pouto