pouter

Other forms of pouter

plural

pouters·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about pouter

What does pouter mean?

pouter means "someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pouter?

pouter has 2 syllables: pou-ter. The stress falls on "pou". In IPA it is /ˈpaʊtɚ/.

What is another word for pouter?

Close synonyms include sourpuss, picklepuss, gloomy Gus, pouter pigeon. 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 pouter a common word?

pouter 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.