Meanings
pout1
present singular third person pouts · participle present pouting · participle past pouted · past pouted
- intransitiveTo push out one's lips; especially, to do so in a gesture of dismay, either serious or playful.
- intransitiveTo thrust itself outward; to be prominent.
- intransitiveTo be or pretend to be ill-tempered; to sulk.
plural pouts
- One'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.
- A fit of sulking or sullenness.
pout2
plural pouts
- rareAny of various fishes such as the hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus, the brown bullhead), the pouting (Trisopterus luscus) and the eelpouts (Zoarcidae).
pout3
Synonyms & antonyms
nounmarine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
pout · verb, noun
- Proto-Indo-European*bu-“to swell”
- Proto-Germanic*pūto“swollen”
- Middle Englishpouten
- Englishpout
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”)).
More words from Middle English, Proto-Germanic, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →pout · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*bew-“to swell”
- Old English*pūte
- Middle English*poute
- Englishpout
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”).
More words from Middle English, Old English, Proto-Indo-European
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic بوّز, بَرطَمَ
- بوّز (bawwaza)push out one’s lips
- بَرطَمَ (barṭama)push out one’s lips
Bulgarian цупя се, муся се
- цупя се (cupja se)push out one’s lips
- муся се (musja se)sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- цупене (cupene)facial expression
- мусене (musene)fit
Catalan fer el bot, fer el petarrell
- fer el botpush out one’s lips
- fer el petarrellpush out one’s lips
- petarrellfacial expression
- repetellfacial expression
Chinese Mandarin 撅嘴, 撅嘴
- 撅嘴 (juēzuǐ)push out one’s lips
- 撅嘴 (juēzuǐ)sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- 噘 (juē)sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- 撅嘴 (juēzuǐ)facial expression
Czech špulit impf ústa
- špulit impf ústapush out one’s lips
Danish surmule
- surmulesulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
Dutch pruilen, de lippen tuiten
- pruilenpush out one’s lips
- de lippen tuitenpush out one’s lips
- pruilensulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- pruilmondjefacial expression
- tuitfacial expression
- tuitmondjefacial expression
Esperanto paŭti
- paŭtipush out one’s lips
Finnish mutristaa, tehdä pusuhuulet
- mutristaapush out one’s lips
- tehdä pusuhuuletpush out one’s lips
- mököttääsulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- murjottaasulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- jurottaasulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- mutristusfacial expression
- nyrpistysfacial expression
- mökötysfacial expression
- murjotusfit
- mökötysfit
French bouder, faire la moue
- bouderpush out one’s lips
- faire la mouepush out one’s lips
- boudersulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- mouefacial expression
German schürzen, die Lippen schürzen
- schürzenpush out one’s lips
- die Lippen schürzenpush out one’s lips
- schmollensulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- einen Schmollmund machensulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- Schmollmundfacial expression
Hungarian biggyeszt, duzzog
- biggyesztpush out one’s lips
- duzzogsulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- durcáskodiksulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- fanyalogsulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- fintorfacial expression
Icelandic setja á sig stút, setja upp fýlusvip
- setja á sig stútpush out one’s lips
- setja upp fýlusvippush out one’s lips
- setja stút á munninnpush out one’s lips
- setja á sig stútsulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- setja upp fýlusvipsulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- setja stút á munninnsulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- stúturfacial expression
- fýlustúturfacial expression
- fýlusvipurfacial expression
Indonesian manyun
- manyunpush out one’s lips
Irish puisín a chur ort féin
- puisín a chur ort féinpush out one’s lips
Italian fare il broncio, mettere il broncio
- fare il bronciopush out one’s lips
- mettere il bronciosulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- bronciofacial expression
Japanese 口を尖らす, 唇を尖らす
- 口を尖らす (kuchi o togarasu)push out one’s lips
- 唇を尖らす (kuchibiru o togarasu)push out one’s lips
- 拗ねる (suneru)sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- やさぐれる (yasagureru)sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- 膨れっ面 (fukurettsura)facial expression
Malay mencebik
- mencebikpush out one’s lips
Māori hō, kō
- hōpush out one’s lips
- kōpush out one’s lips
- kōkōpush out one’s lips
- tuperepush out one’s lips
- whakamitopush out one’s lips
- tāperupush out one’s lips
- werupush out one’s lips
- tāperufacial expression
- hōfacial expression
Polish boczyć się
- boczyć sięsulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
Portuguese fazer beiço, amuar
- fazer beiçopush out one’s lips
- amuarsulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- beiçofacial expression
Russian надува́ть гу́бы, наду́ть гу́бы
- надува́ть гу́бы (naduvátʹ gúby)push out one’s lips
- наду́ть гу́бы (nadútʹ gúby)push out one’s lips
- ду́ться (dútʹsja)push out one’s lips
- наду́ться (nadútʹsja)push out one’s lips
- ду́ться (dútʹsja)sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- ку́кситься (kúksitʹsja)sulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- наду́тые гу́бы (nadútyje gúby)facial expression
- недово́льная грима́са (nedovólʹnaja grimása)facial expression
Slovak mať odutú papuľu, odúvať sa
- mať odutú papuľupush out one’s lips
- odúvať sapush out one’s lips
Spanish hacer pucheros, pucherear
- hacer pucherospush out one’s lips
- pucherearpush out one’s lips
- hacer un mohínsulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- ponerse de morrossulk, (pretend to) be ill-tempered
- mohínfacial expression
- pucherofacial expression
Swedish pluta
- plutapush out one’s lips
Turkish küskünlük
- küskünlükfit
Vietnamese bĩu, trề
- bĩupush out one’s lips
- trềpush out one’s lips
- chupush out one’s lips
- dẩupush out one’s lips
Welsh cwpsau
- cwpsaufacial expression
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pout
Anagrams
Cite this entry
pout. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pout
“pout.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pout. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pout,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pout.
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