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mouthy

mouthy

6.4
A thing with a large, noticeable mouth like a puppet or fish
  • adjective
  • /ˈmaʊθi/
translation icon : de boca ancha
  • The mouthy dog barked loudly at every passerby, making it hard to concentrate.

Examples

  • I was hooked, or more exactly transfixed, shot through with Cupid's arrow, a poor skinny nothing of a mouthy little twelve-year-old.

    Fiction book (1993)

  • "We don't have the proper saddles for the ladies," the mouthy man said.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • The mouthy child couldn't stop talking during the movie, which annoyed the adults.

  • His mouthy remarks during the meeting drew laughter from the team.

Synonyms

large-mouthed
vsmouthy
4.2

Having a mouth that is bigger than the rest of the face or body

is a general term for a notably large or prominent oral opening
widemouthed
vsmouthy
3.7

Having a wide opening like a jar or bottle

is about overall prominence not only width of the opening
long-jawed
vsmouthy
  • Specialized
7.9

Having a longer mouth or face than similar animals

refers to a prominent opening rather than bone length in the face

Antonyms

narrow-mouthed
6.7

Having a small opening at the top

Compounds

mouthy attitude
  • Offensive
7.4

Talking in a rude, bold way that challenges people

How Big

gaping
3.4
mouthy
6.4

Surface Forms

mouthy positive

Morphology

mouthy = mouth (transparent) = mouth + y

Formed by productive suffixation of '-y' to the noun 'mouth' to mean 'having a mouth' or 'characterized by mouth', which straightforwardly yields the literal sense.

Etymology

Mouthy comes from the simple word mouth plus the ending -y, which means 'full of' or 'having'. So it literally means 'having a noticeable mouth', which is why we use it for a person, animal, or object with a large or prominent mouth.