Definition of "moue"

moue

/muː/

noun
plural moues
1. A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.
  Quotations
  [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.
  1848 November – 1850 December, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 23, in The History of Pendennis. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1849–1850
  She glanced aside to the rim of the looking-glass where his photograph was wedged, shuddered, and made a moue of distaste.
  1913, Jack London, chapter VI, in The Valley of the Moon, Book I
  She made what I believe, though I wouldn't swear to it, is called a moue. Putting the lips together and shoving them out, if you know what I mean. The impression I got was that she was disappointed in Bertram, having expected better things […] .
  1960, P. G. Wodehouse, Jeeves in the Offing, chapter VIII
  Why do you wear European clothes?" fumed Oscar de la Renta with a moue of disapproval and stamp of his bejewelled foot (probably).
  2011 February 2, Hadley Freeman, “Should Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton be patriotic about designers?”, in The Guardian‎