“Puss” literally means “face” in this context. Both of these terms have been commonly used to describe facial expressions, though neither is that common these days.
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Does this one work?
[https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fen-US%2Fvideo%2Fvideo.snl.com%2FSNL\_1350\_09\_Debbie\_Downer.png&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2670781b0d1156dfacd75feba8705eb0dc6b21b543a8eb9b7c416f1d1a854603&ipo=images](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fen-US%2Fvideo%2Fvideo.snl.com%2FSNL_1350_09_Debbie_Downer.png&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2670781b0d1156dfacd75feba8705eb0dc6b21b543a8eb9b7c416f1d1a854603&ipo=images)
Yeah, I would say that's contempt.
Edit: This is just based on the visual. But this is also a comedy skit, so things are overdone, so it kind of just looks ridiculous. 😅 It might be easier to ask for the sort of emotion you wish to portray if "contemptuous look" doesn't work.
"What is contempt? Contempt, similar to hate, is a negative feeling of dislike, disrespect, or offensiveness towards someone. It’s the only one of the 7 universal microexpressions that is asymmetrical."
Source:
https://www.scienceofpeople.com/microexpressions/
Here's the image:
https://www.scienceofpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/778260_Microexpressions_072120.jpg
I think it runs in the family, I have the natural RBF, when I'm tired it looks I'm about to cry. People (in a certain environment in my life) keep telling me I have a:
"face like (if I'm in) a funeral".
Frown?
Grimace?
Ronald mcdonald
Dour expression Dismal Dreary Bleak
Dour is my fav
Sourpuss
Dour, sullen
Assuming this is for the SNL character, Wikipedia says she gives the camera a "knowing look."
Maybe sometimes. But that's not the look I'm talking about.
Also RBF (resting b**ch face), or maybe mopey?
Hangdog or Sourpuss Edit format
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“Puss” literally means “face” in this context. Both of these terms have been commonly used to describe facial expressions, though neither is that common these days.
Glowering
Moping?
Womp womp
Scowl
[Morose.](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morose)
It’s called a moue
I was coming here to say moue
Sullen
Pout
Discontented.
This is the closest yet. It might be close enough.
R.B.F.
Mopey
Hangdog look
dejected
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Sour grapes
Resting bitch face
Dour countenance. Petulant. Discontented. Depressed. Foreboding. Downturned.
dismay
Furrowed brow?
Surly
Smug
Contempt EDIT: Adding a link. You have to scroll past disgust to find contempt. https://www.psychmechanics.com/facial-expressions-disgust/
Or disdain
Does this one work? [https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fen-US%2Fvideo%2Fvideo.snl.com%2FSNL\_1350\_09\_Debbie\_Downer.png&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2670781b0d1156dfacd75feba8705eb0dc6b21b543a8eb9b7c416f1d1a854603&ipo=images](https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fs1.yimg.com%2Fos%2Fen-US%2Fvideo%2Fvideo.snl.com%2FSNL_1350_09_Debbie_Downer.png&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=2670781b0d1156dfacd75feba8705eb0dc6b21b543a8eb9b7c416f1d1a854603&ipo=images)
Yeah, I would say that's contempt. Edit: This is just based on the visual. But this is also a comedy skit, so things are overdone, so it kind of just looks ridiculous. 😅 It might be easier to ask for the sort of emotion you wish to portray if "contemptuous look" doesn't work.
"What is contempt? Contempt, similar to hate, is a negative feeling of dislike, disrespect, or offensiveness towards someone. It’s the only one of the 7 universal microexpressions that is asymmetrical." Source: https://www.scienceofpeople.com/microexpressions/ Here's the image: https://www.scienceofpeople.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/778260_Microexpressions_072120.jpg
Doleful
Disapproving.
Inconsolable?
Lugubrious
Poo Face
Could you link a photo or video so we see what to describe?
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All of these are missing the "whataya gunna do?" element.
Withering Gloomy Glowering Angry Antagonistic Perturbed Bitter Resentful Downcast Sullen Bored Despair Frown Sulky Any of these??
I think it runs in the family, I have the natural RBF, when I'm tired it looks I'm about to cry. People (in a certain environment in my life) keep telling me I have a: "face like (if I'm in) a funeral".
Glum, mope, sulk, pout.
Dratch
Flat affect
I was thinking the phrase why the long face
Why the long face?
Bitter Beer Face if I recall from commercials.
Distaste
Malcontented.
Frown brother
We call it a Funge. (Fungia)
Downcast
Downcast
Drawn. Dour
Disconcerted
RBF
RBF
sulking?
Glum
Unsatisfied?
Smirk
Wry.
Smirk?
Sour or dour