[
UK
/sˈaʊəpʊs/
]
NOUN
- someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression
How To Use sourpuss In A Sentence
- Consequently I now have a reputation as a sourpuss and a grouch.
- No-one likes a prima donna or a sourpuss… no matter what work you're given to do, no matter how wet or cold you get on location or how many coffees you have to fetch, smile.
- So why is this sourpuss even bothering to attend the party?
- Consequently I now have a reputation as a sourpuss and a grouch.
- And unfortunately, throughout the '90s, he was a sourpuss about the economy, so his dour warnings are not to be taken, I think, with too much seriousness.
- And as you can well imagine, there are some sourpusses in your organization that will be actively resistant, so keep a smile on your face.
- In any case, I don't think that Ms. Rice is a sourpuss.
- But since it's all in good fun only a sourpuss could fail to laugh.
- I realize I'm going to sound like a sourpuss when I say this, but I didn't find one instance when I laughed out loud.
- It's far more entertaining and funny than the sourpusses want you to think.