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Adjective: pouty (poutier,poutiest)  paw-tee
  1. (or a person or mouth) having a pout
     
  2. Easily irritated or annoyed
    "an incorrigibly pouty young man";
    - cranky [informal], fractious, irritable, nettlesome, peevish, peckish [N. Amer, informal], pettish, petulant, scratchy, testy, tetchy, techy, narky [Brit, slang]
     
  3. Sullen or moody
    - huffish, sulky

Derived forms: poutier, poutiest

See also: ill-natured