New American Oxford Dictionary
sourpuss
sour puss |ˈsou (ə )rˌpo͝os ˈsaʊ (ə )rˌpʊs | ▶noun informal a bad-tempered or habitually sullen person. ORIGIN 1930s (originally US ): from sour + puss 2 .
Oxford Dictionary
sourpuss
sour |puss |ˈsaʊəpʊs | ▶noun informal a bad-tempered or habitually sullen person. ORIGIN 1930s (originally US ): from sour + puss 2 .
Oxford Thesaurus
sourpuss
sourpuss noun informal Beth, who used to be such a sourpuss, made a very funny card for my birthday: misery, mope, dog in the manger, damper, dampener, spoilsport, pessimist, prophet of doom; shrew, curmudgeon, discontent, complainer, grumbler, moaner, fault-finder, carper; N. Amer. crank; informal crosspatch, grouch, grump, virago, grouser, whinger, wet blanket, party pooper, doom merchant; N. Amer. informal kvetch; rare jade, melancholiac.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
sourpuss
s ó ur p ù ss 名詞 C ⦅くだけて おどけて ⦆気難し屋 ; いやな [陰気な ]やつ .