sourpuss

Sourpuss is slang for a grouchy, bad tempered or sullen person.

(noun)

A pouty child who is sullen because he did not get his own way is an example of a sourpuss.

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See sourpuss in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

Slang a person who has a gloomy or disagreeable expression or nature

See sourpuss in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
Slang
A habitually gloomy or sullen person.

Origin:

Origin: sour

Origin: + puss2

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