poutier
Increasingly showing displeasure
Poutier is the comparative form of pouty—more inclined to pout or show sulky displeasure.
A child denied dessert might grow poutier by the minute.
The word often describes lips that appear fuller or more protruding, whether from actual sulking or deliberate expression: Her lips looked even poutier after the injections.
Sullen facial expression
More given to brooding
- mopierMore dejected
- glummerComparative of dismal
- broodierMore prone to sulking
- petulantChildishly bad-tempered
moody · glowering · scowling · frowning · long-faced · grumpy · huffy · brooding
More inclined to gripe
- huffierMore easily miffed
- crankierMore ill-tempered
- grumpierMore bad-tempered
- peevishHabitually fretful
irritable · fretful · testy · cross · snappish · churlish · surly · grouchy
More ill-mannered
- juvenileYoung person or animal
- immatureNot fully developed
- infantileCharacteristic of infants
- babyishImmature in behavior
spoiled · whiny · demanding · attention-seeking · dramatic · theatrical · exaggerated · overdramatic
moue
Sullen facial expression
- grimacingDistorting face unpleasantly
- scowlingFrowning with disapproval
- frowningFacial expression of displeasure
glowering · thunderous · lowering · glaring
sulkier
More given to brooding
petulant · moody · glowering · scowling · frowning · long-faced · grumpy · huffy · brooding · dejected
whinier
More inclined to gripe
peevish · irritable · fretful · testy · cross · snappish · churlish · surly · grouchy · ill-tempered
brattier
More ill-mannered
babyish · spoiled · whiny · demanding · attention-seeking · dramatic · theatrical · exaggerated · overdramatic · kittenish