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sour puss

sour puss is the alternative spelling of sourpuss.

Meaning of sourpuss

Noun

sourpuss (plural sourpusses)

  1. (informal) A person who is habitually gloomy, sullen or miserable; a grouch; a scowling person.
    • [Katara (Mae Whitman):] Guys, I think these scams have gone far enough. If you keep doing them, something bad is gonna happen.
      [Toph (Jessie Flower):] Could you for once stop being such a sourpuss and just lighten up.
      [Katara:] Oh, I'm sorry, you think I should be more like you? Like some wild...2007 November 2, Joshua Hamilton, “The Runaway” (8:24 from the start), in Giancarlo Volpe, director, Avatar: The Last Airbender, season 3 (Book Three: Fire), episode 7, spoken by Katara and Toph...

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Forms of sour puss

pluralsour pusses

Origin of sour puss

From sour (“bad-tempered”) + puss (“slang for "mouth"”).

Questions about sour puss

What is sour puss the alternative spelling of?
Sour puss is the alternative spelling of sourpuss.

Words near sour puss in the dictionary

  1. sour notes
  2. sour on
  3. sour orange
  4. sour plum
  5. sour plums
  6. sour puss
  7. sour pusses
  8. sour shchi
  9. sour stomach
  10. sour stomachs
  11. sour tooth

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