Pouty
Pouty adjective - Given to or displaying a resentful silence and often irritability.
Usage example: we could tell from the way she turned pouty that she'd lost the tennis match
Perverse
Perverse adjective - Easily irritated or annoyed.
Usage example: how can you be so cheerful one day, and so perverse the next?
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- obstinate and pouty
- obstinate and perverse
- stubborn and pouty
- stubborn and perverse
- irritable and pouty
- irritable and perverse
- cranky and pouty
- cranky and perverse
- uncooperative and pouty
- uncooperative and perverse
- choleric and pouty
- choleric and perverse
- cantankerous and pouty
- cantankerous and perverse
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Perverse and Pouty. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 28, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/pouty/perverse
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Perverse or Pouty. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/pouty/perverse.
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