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glouting

glouting adjective: sullen, pouting. Also the present participle and gerund of glout.

Adjective

glouting (comparative more glouting, superlative most glouting)

  1. sullen, pouting
    • She had been greatly, therefore, disappointed in the morning, when Mrs Western had changed her mind on the very point of departure; and had been in what is vulgarly called a glouting humour ever since.1749, Henry Fielding, chapter VIII, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII
    Synonyms:
    pouting, sulky, sullen

Also used as

glouting is also the present participle and gerund of glout.

Synonyms of glouting

Forms of glouting

comparativemore glouting
superlativemost glouting

Questions about glouting

What does glouting mean?
Glouting means sullen, pouting.
What part of speech is glouting?
Glouting is an adjective.

Words near glouting in the dictionary

  1. gloured
  2. glouring
  3. glours
  4. glout
  5. glouted
  6. glouting
  7. glouts
  8. glove
  9. glove box
  10. glove boxes
  11. glove compartment

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