Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: pout
IPA transcription: [p'aʊt]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: horned_pout, hornpout, pout, Ameiurus_Melas
    Meaning: catfish common in eastern United States
  • Synonyms: eelpout, pout
    Meaning: marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
  • Synonyms: pout, moue, wry_face
    Meaning: a disdainful grimace
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: pout, mop, mow
    Meaning: make a sad face and thrust out one's lower lip; "mop and mow"; "The girl pouted"
  • Synonyms: sulk, pout, brood
    Meaning: be in a huff and display one's displeasure; "She is pouting because she didn't get what she wanted"
Usage examples
  • As she opened the syringe-box, she remarked with a pout:
  • 'Your friend has been naughty, Mr. Wilson,' she said again with that same pout: 'he has been taking more atropine.'
  • Adam was looking at Hetty, and saw the frown, and pout, and the dark eyes seeming to grow larger with pettish half-gathered tears.
  • "Why, I'm trying now," answered Mary with a distracting little pout. "Don't you know genuine out-and-out goodness when you see it?
  • Hetty got quite out of patience, and at last, with a frown and pout, and gathering tears, she said, "Oh dear, Aunt, I wish you'd speak to Totty; she keeps putting her legs up so, and messing my frock."