🗯️ Sharp or biting 😁 Showing teeth 🪚 Jagged edge

teethy

8.0

A smile or grin that shows many teeth

adjective
/ˈtiːθi/

: sonrisa dentada

She has a teethy grin that lights up the room.

Examples

The child gave a teethy smile after losing his first tooth.
Her teethy grin made everyone in the room laugh.
The dog looked up with a teethy expression, eager for a treat.
His teethy smile made everyone feel welcome.
The child's teethy smile revealed his excitement about the birthday party.
Her teethy grin showed that she was genuinely happy to see her friend.
With a teethy smile, he greeted everyone as they entered the room.

Synonyms

toothy

vsteethy

7 4.1

Having large visible teeth when smiling

is the general adjective for visible prominent teeth

buck-toothed

vsteethy

2 6.8

Having front upper teeth that stick out

focuses on forward projection rather than general noticeable teeth

snaggle-toothed

vsteethy

1 7.6

Having uneven or broken teeth that stick out

highlights prominent teeth without implying unevenness or damage

How Toothy

teethy

8.0

toothless

13 2.4

Surface Forms

teethy positive

Morphology

teethy = teeth (transparent) = teeth + y

Direct adjectival derivation: 'teeth' + '-y' meaning 'having noticeable teeth'.

Etymology

Teethy comes from tooth + the ending -y, meaning 'showing teeth'. Think of a big grin where you clearly see the teeth; that is a teethy smile, which is why the word means having noticeable teeth when smiling.