SOURPUSS

Meaning of SOURPUSS in English

■ noun informal a bad-tempered or habitually sullen person.

Origin

1930s: from sour + puss 2 .

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SOURPUSS — noun Etymology: 2puss Date: 1937 grouch , killjoy
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SOURPUSS — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: sour (I) + puss (face) : grouch , killjoy
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SOURPUSS — /soweur"poos', sow"euhr-/ , n. Informal. a person having a grouchy disposition that is often accompanied by a scowling facial expression. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SOURPUSS — n. grouch, bitter discontented person (Informal)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
SOURPUSS — noun Etymology: puss (II) Date: 1937 : grouch , killjoy
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SOURPUSS — [sour.puss] n [ [2]puss] (1937): grouch, killjoy
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SOURPUSS — sourpuss BrE AmE ˈsa ʊ ‿ə pʊs AmE \ ˈsaʊ‿ ə r pʊs ▷ sourpuss|es ɪz əz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SOURPUSS — / ˈsaʊəpʊs; NAmE ˈsaʊərpʊs/ noun ( informal ) a person who is not cheerful or pleasant •• WORD ORIGIN 1930s …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOURPUSS — sour ‧ puss /ˈsaʊəpʊs $ ˈsaʊr-/ BrE AmE noun [countable] old-fashioned someone who complains a lot and is never happy …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOURPUSS — n. colloq. a sour-tempered person. [SOUR + PUSS = face]
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SOURPUSS — n. colloq. a sour-tempered person. [ SOUR + PUSS = face ]
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SOURPUSS — n. colloq. a sour-tempered person. Etymology: SOUR + PUSS face
Oxford English vocab
SOURPUSS — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Frost is being killed off next, which makes Jim Royle the only sourpuss left.
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOURPUSS — [noun] [C] [informal] slightly dated - someone who always looks unhappy and bad-temperedShe's an old sourpuss - I've never seen …
Cambridge English vocab
SOURPUSS — Synonyms and related words : bellyacher, brooder, complainer, crab, crank, crosspatch, depressive, gloomy Gus, griper, grouch, grouser, kicker, killjoy, malcontent, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOURPUSS — n. Function: noun Synonyms: GROUCH , ||bellyacher, complainer, crab, crank, crosspatch, griper, grouser, kicker, sorehead Related Words: killjoy
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SOURPUSS — noun Synonyms: grouch , ||bellyacher, complainer, crab, crank, crosspatch, griper, grouser, kicker, sorehead Related Word: killjoy
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
SOURPUSS — (разговорное) ворчун, брюзга; мрачная личность
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOURPUSS — sourpuss.ogg ʹsaʋəpʋs n разг. ворчун, брюзга; мрачная личность
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SOURPUSS — зануда
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
SOURPUSS — (n) брюзга; мрачная личность
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SOURPUSS — (0) ворчун
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
SOURPUSS — n разг. ворчун, брюзга; мрачная личность
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
SOURPUSS — n разг. ворчун, брюзга; мрачная личность
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SOURPUSS — n. брюзга, ворчун, мрачная личность
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SOURPUSS — n. брюзга, ворчун, мрачная личность
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
SOURPUSS — (разговорное) ворчун, брюзга; мрачная личность
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
SOURPUSS — зануда
Англо-Русский словарь
SOURPUSS — n. Pronunciation: ' sau ̇ (- ə )r- ˌ pu ̇ s Function: noun Etymology: 2 puss Date: 1937 : …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
GRIZZLE — grizzle 1 /griz"euhl/ , v. , grizzled, grizzling , adj. , n. v.i. , v.t. 1. to make or become …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CURMUDGEON — — curmudgeonly , adj. /keuhr muj"euhn/ , n. a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person. [ 1570-80; unexplained; perh. cur- repr. CUR …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary

Concise Oxford English vocab

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