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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
sourpuss
noun
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▪ Frost is being killed off next, which makes Jim Royle the only sourpuss left.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
sourpuss

1937, from sour (adj.) + puss (n.2) "face."

Wiktionary
sourpuss

n. A person who is habitually gloomy, sullen or miserable; a grouch.

WordNet
sourpuss

n. someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression [syn: picklepuss, gloomy Gus, pouter]

Usage examples of "sourpuss".

A leprechaun is always a sourpuss, and a cluricaune is usually almost offensively cheerful-Fir Darrigs tend to oscillate between the two states.

Ernie Shea is known to one and all as the Lucky Duck because around him the laws of probability turn to Silly Putty-which combined with his short stature explains and may even excuse an irascible sourpuss personality reminiscent of Daffy Duck.

A sourpuss landlady in Pico Rivera mentions this, complaining about getting the smell out of drapes.