picklepuss

Questions about picklepuss

What does picklepuss mean?

picklepuss means "someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression".

How many syllables are in picklepuss?

picklepuss has 3 syllables and divides as pic-kle-puss under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for picklepuss?

Close synonyms include sourpuss, gloomy Gus, pouter. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is picklepuss a common word?

picklepuss is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.