What would you call this action?
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What would you call this action?
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From the American Heritage Dictionary:
pout·ed, pout·ing, pouts
v. intr.
1. To exhibit displeasure or disappointment; sulk.
2. To protrude the lips in an expression of displeasure or sulkiness.
3. To project or protrude.
v. tr.
1. To push out or protrude (the lips).
2. To utter or express with a pout.
n.
1. A protrusion of the lips, especially as an expression of sullen discontent.
2. A fit of petulant sulkiness. Often used in the plural with the.
From Oxford Advanced Learner's Fourth Edition:
Pout: Push the lips or the lower lip forward, esp as a sign of annoyance or sulking.
So I guess it's pouting?
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pout·ed, pout·ing, pouts
v. intr.
1. To exhibit displeasure or disappointment; sulk.
2. To protrude the lips in an expression of displeasure or sulkiness.
3. To project or protrude.
v. tr.
1. To push out or protrude (the lips).
2. To utter or express with a pout.
n.
1. A protrusion of the lips, especially as an expression of sullen discontent.
2. A fit of petulant sulkiness. Often used in the plural with the.
From Oxford Advanced Learner's Fourth Edition:
Pout: Push the lips or the lower lip forward, esp as a sign of annoyance or sulking.
So I guess it's pouting?
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Just to complicate things, an alternate expression would be "to make a moue." I'm no writer, but I've read a fair amount (in American English) and when special attention is to be called to that particular puffing-out-the-lips expression without additionally implying that the person is feeling sullen, moue is often used instead of pout. Using pout generally implies that the person is feeling sullen, while moue is specific to the expression itself. And for some reason, pout is generally used as a verb, even though it is also a noun, while moue is strictly a noun.
So, to describe the original example picture, I would propose a few phrasings:
1) The girl pouted.
2) The girl made a moue.
3) The girl made a pout.
#1 implies that the girl is puffing out her lips because she is feeling sullen.
#2 just says that the girl is making that expression. The reason for that (she could be sullen, thinking about something, doing it as a joke) would have to be explained by the context.
#3 is just like #2 and is totally correct, but for some reason I almost never see pout used this way.
Just my 2 cents.
So, to describe the original example picture, I would propose a few phrasings:
1) The girl pouted.
2) The girl made a moue.
3) The girl made a pout.
#1 implies that the girl is puffing out her lips because she is feeling sullen.
#2 just says that the girl is making that expression. The reason for that (she could be sullen, thinking about something, doing it as a joke) would have to be explained by the context.
#3 is just like #2 and is totally correct, but for some reason I almost never see pout used this way.
Just my 2 cents.
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Moue...
Moued? It's English... if we want a noun to be a verb, it's entirely legal as long as you follow the verb/consonant flow. Verbified nouns exist in standard usage, as much as it upsets English professors. Seems to happen a great deal with foreign nouns.
Plenty of nouns that are also verbs, already. Love, I love, to be loved...
Such a beautiful world~
Moued? It's English... if we want a noun to be a verb, it's entirely legal as long as you follow the verb/consonant flow. Verbified nouns exist in standard usage, as much as it upsets English professors. Seems to happen a great deal with foreign nouns.
Plenty of nouns that are also verbs, already. Love, I love, to be loved...
Such a beautiful world~
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