moue

Etymology

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

noun

1. A pout, especially as expressing mock-annoyance or flirtatiousness.
   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 //dummy.host/index.php?title=s%3Aen%3AThe+Valley+of+the+Moon%2FBook+I%2FChapter+VI 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). Feb 2, 2011, Hadley Freeman, “Should Michelle Obama and Kate Middleton be patriotic about designers?”, in The Guardian