bigmouthed
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6.8
- adjective
- /ˈbɪɡˌmaʊθd/
- Offensive
- You can't trust a bigmouthed colleague with confidential information.
Examples
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My bigmouthed cousin told everyone about the surprise party, so it wasn't a secret for long.
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He's so bigmouthed that he blurted out the news before anyone else had a chance.
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Don't be so bigmouthed about the surprise party!
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She is always bigmouthed about other people's business.
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His bigmouthed comments about the company's plans got him in trouble with management.
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If you keep being so bigmouthed, people will stop telling you their secrets.
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I can't believe she was bigmouthed enough to share my personal story at the meeting.
Synonyms
33
2.5
A person who likes to speak a lot with other people
9
4.8
Liking to talk about other people's private lives
3
8.6
Talking too much about small unimportant things
2
6.4
Likely to let secret information become known to others
1
8.2
Talking too much and telling other people's secrets
1
9.6
Full of long conversations that feel boring
1
6.9
Talking a lot in a lively or outspoken way
1
6.0
Talking much more than others want to hear
1
9.9
A person who talks a lot in a loud, rude way
A person who talks too much and tells secrets
Antonyms
How Talkative
- Offensive
- Offensive
1
6.8
- Informal
9
4.8
33
2.5
- Informal
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3.3
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bigmouthed comes from joining big and mouth, like the phrase 'big mouth' for someone who talks too much. Think of words falling out of a very large mouth, and that image shows why a bigmouthed person cannot keep a secret.