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A person who is habitually gloomy, sullen or miserable; a grouch; a scowling person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To make a gloomy, sullen or miserable facial expression; to scowl.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, uncommon
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Antonyms: none provided
someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: picklepuss, gloomy Gus, pouter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: unwelcome person, persona non grata
From sour (“bad-tempered”) + puss (“slang for mouth”).
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Bulgarian:
вечно кисел човек
(večno kisel čovek)
— person who is gloomy, sullen, or miserable
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Chinese Mandarin:
悶悶不樂的人 /闷闷不乐的人
(mènmènbùlè de rén)
— person who is gloomy, sullen, or miserable
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Chinese Mandarin:
愁眉苦臉的人 /愁眉苦脸的人
(chóuméikǔliǎn de rén)
— person who is gloomy, sullen, or miserable
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Finnish:
hapannaama
— person who is gloomy, sullen, or miserable
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French:
grincheux
— person who is gloomy, sullen, or miserable
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French:
râleur
— person who is gloomy, sullen, or miserable
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German:
Miesepeter
— person who is gloomy, sullen, or miserable
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German:
Sauertopf
— person who is gloomy, sullen, or miserable
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Ancient Greek:
ὄξος
(óxos)
— person who is gloomy, sullen, or miserable
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Polish:
maruda
— person who is gloomy, sullen, or miserable
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Polish:
zrzęda
— person who is gloomy, sullen, or miserable
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Romanian:
acritură
— person who is gloomy, sullen, or miserable
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Spanish:
cascarrabias
— person who is gloomy, sullen, or miserable
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Chinese Mandarin:
愁眉苦臉 /愁眉苦脸
(chóuméikǔliǎn)
— make a gloomy facial expression
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Chinese Mandarin:
板著臉 /板著脸
— make a gloomy facial expression
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Finnish:
murjottaa
— make a gloomy facial expression