moue - What does it mean?

Noun

(en-noun)

A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.

* 1913 , Jack London, The Valley of the Moon :

She glanced aside to the rim of the looking-glass where his photograph was wedged, shuddered, and made a moue of distaste.

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|year=1960 |author= |title=(Jeeves in the Offing) |section=chapter VIII |passage=She made what I believe, though I wouldn't swear to it, is called a moue . Putting the lips together and shoving them out, if you know what I mean. The impression I got was that she was disappointed in Bertram, having expected better things [...].}}

* 2011 , Hadley Freeman, The Guardian , 2 Feb 2011:

Why do you wear European clothes?" fumed Oscar de la Renta with a moue of disapproval and stamp of his bejewelled foot (probably).