noun
moue
Moue (noun) means a small pouting expression, often made playfully to show mild annoyance or flirtation.
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A small pouting expression, often made playfully to show mild annoyance or flirtation.
"Why do you wear European clothes?" fumed Oscar de la Renta with a moue of disapproval and stamp of his bejewelled foot (probably)."
— Hadley Freeman, Should Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton be patriotic about designers? (2011)
"She glanced aside to the rim of the looking-glass where his photograph was wedged, shuddered, and made a moue of distaste."
— Jack London (1913)
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Etymology
Borrowed from French moue, itself from Old French moe (“grimace”), which came from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”). It is a doublet of mow (“grimace”).
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What is the meaning of moue?
"moue" (noun) means a small pouting expression, often made playfully to show mild annoyance or flirtation.
What is another word for moue?
Other words for "moue" include pout.
