What does "moue" mean?

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

What is a synonym for "moue"?

Common synonyms include: pout, discontent expression, french loanword, frown, glower, grimace.

/muː/ noun

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Noun

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."
2
a disdainful grimace wordnet

"[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."

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