lower lip

Chin's fleshy neighbor

The lower lip is the fleshy part beneath the mouth opening, the bottom half of the paired structures that frame the mouth.

It tends to be slightly fuller than the upper lip.

A trembling lower lip signals impending tears; a protruding one suggests a pout: She stuck out her lower lip and sulked.

expressive

pout

Sulky facial expression

bite · jut · protrude · stick out · purse · droop · suck · chew · wobble · thrust

anatomy

vermilion

Vivid red-orange pigment

frenulum · mucosa · gums · teeth · chin · mandible · mouth · jawline · commissure

sensory

nerve endings

Peripheral neural sensors

tingling · numbness · chapped · cracked · dry · moist · swollen · split · bleeding · sunburned

Categories
Opposites
vertical position on mouth

lower lipupper lip

Mouth's northern edge

cupid's bow

Family

lower, lip, lowered, lowering, lowers, lipid, lipped, lowermost, lipless

Familiarity
Top 20,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G