pout
One's facial expression when poutingOne's facial expression when pouting.
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» Now don't pout.
Jetzt schmoll nicht! — Dani6187
Ну ж бо, не треба дутися. — deniko
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3 sensesOne'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.
Schmollmund
наду́тые гу́быnadútyje gúby, недово́льная грима́саnedovólʹnaja grimása
A fit of sulking or sullenness.
(rare)Any of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
- a disdainful grimace
- marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
- catfish common in eastern United States
Examples
19 sentencesNow don't pout.
Ну ж бо, не треба дутися. — deniko
deJetzt schmoll nicht! — Dani6187
If Tom doesn't get what he wants, he'll sulk and pout.
Why are you pouting?
ruЧего ты дуешься? — sharptoothed
deWarum schmollst du? — Dani6187
Tom is off somewhere pouting.
Her lips were full red, pouting and sweet.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English pouten, probably from Scandinavian (compare Norwegian pute (“pillow, cFrom 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”)).
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”).
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Forms
plural: poutsSynonyms
6 synonyms- a disdainful grimace:mouewry face
- marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas:eelpout
- catfish common in eastern United States:horned pouthornpoutAmeiurus Melas
Word family
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