pouting
present participle ofpout
pout
verb[IorT]
uk/paʊt/us/paʊt/topushthelowerlipforwardto show you areannoyed, or topushbothlipsforwardin asexuallyattractiveway:
Vanessa always pouts if she doesn't get what shewants.
Caroline pouts herlipswhen she's putting onlipstick.
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sulkverbdisapproving
Grimacing and frowning
- bitchy resting face
- cloud
- curl
- death stare
- evil
- frown
- furrow
- glare
- if looks could kill...idiom
- knit
- knityourbrow/browsidiom
- look daggers atsomeoneidiom
- pout
- purse
- roll
- scowl
- screw
- scrunch
- sneer
- someone'sface fallsidiom
Examplesofpouting
pouting
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Poutingis a benthopelagic fish that can live up to 4- 5 years.
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No more thepouting, conflicted ape.
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People have dead donor tissue rather than silicone injected into their lips to make them morepouting.
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Now every morning thousands of pedestrians comepoutinginto our cities.
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Then we would change it from being merely a piouspoutinginto something really practical.
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He comes uppoutingfor air, finds himself absolutely blinded by the light around him, spouts for a considerable time and finally descends to the depths again.
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It is no good hispouting.
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Blue's tricks includepouting, giving a high five, playing dead, rolling over, speaking, and skateboarding.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.On the body whorl it becomes slightlypouting, from the projection of the carina and the slight infrasutural constriction.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It is sometimes referred to as thepoutingmuscle.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Cod, haddock, whiting, saithe, plaice, sole, mackerel, herring,pouting, sprat, and sandeel are common and target of commercial fishing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Due to their naturally short lifespan and early breeding agepoutingare seen as a relatively sustainable fish to eat.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The prefix paut means poddy,pouting, or bulging, while the suffix age aki means land.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They forage for any food source they can find with marine worms, shellfish and dead fish all making up the diet ofpouting.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.His style is easily recognisable, especially his lavishly elegant and sensual,poutingfemales.
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