moue

noun

Etymology: Borrowed from French moue, from Old French moe (“grimace”), from Frankish *mauwa (“pout, protruding lip”). Doublet of mow ("grimace").

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

   “[S]he looked at her face and made a moue in the glass; and never stopped for Laura’s answer to the questions which she had put.”

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