What do you call this facial expression that forms just before bursting into tears? (Especially when a baby has been treated in a way he/she didn't expect and consider it unfair or feels neglected.
Of course this pitiful and sad expression with lower lip protrusion is most commonly seen in younger kids; and is not acceptable for adults or they will be considered to react childish.)
Actually I need to know the answer to complete these sentences :
"When the father yelled angrily at the baby, he (the baby) ..(?) and then burst into tears. "
"When the mom took the toy from the baby, he …(?) and cried."
PS:
We have a phrasal verb in Farsi for describing this state and we use it for kids or adults, but when we hear it about a kid we would definitely think of a baby with this facial expression specially with the protruded lower lip. For adults, we would think of them in the state just before bursting into tears, for example; some winners react like this when they recieve their awards or when they are about to make a speech.
Note: Since I need to complete those sentences and they are about kids, if I know the term used for talking about/ referring to this kids' facial expression or state, that would solve my problem.
Best Answer
Quiver: tremble involuntary, the action the lower lip does when a person is about to burst into tears or sob loudly.
Puckered: to draw together, crease, fold, and wrinkled. How a person's face appears when they can't hold back their tears.
Oxford Dictionaries: pucker, quiver
Clair Danes, alias Carrie Mathison in the TV series Homeland, mastering the lower-lip quiver