toothless
13
2.4
- adjective
- /ˈtuːθləs/
:
desdentado
- He is hollow eyed, toothless, his hat infamous, broad brimmed, embellished with feathers, alive macaw.
- toothless mouth
When the retarded, toothless black Midget says you're a mess, you get help.
- When the retarded, toothless black Midget says you're a mess, you get help.
Examples
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The little thing smiled, toothless, and kicked his legs, happy to be free of the diapers.
Fiction book (1996) -
Step right up here and see Gumbo, the toothless elephant.
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The night is a man with a toothless mouth and burning eyes.
Fiction book (1998) -
Toothless and ready to go.
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His head was now floating over the street, smiling with his toothless mouth.
Fiction book (1999) -
In 50 years, she'll be just another toothless old hag.
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His old eyes were bluish-white, and his toothless mouth worked continually, like a cow chewing its cud.
Fiction book (1992) -
Her lips smacked over her toothless gums, and her wrinkled chin trembled as she spoke.
Fiction book (1995) -
The man's rodent face, startled in the light of the bull's-eye, opened into a toothless death's-head grin.
Fiction book (1990) -
The toothless puppy struggled to chew its food, making a mess all over the floor.
Synonyms
Having no natural teeth and often wearing false teeth
Having few or no teeth
Having few or no teeth
Having few or no teeth
Having a smooth edge with no small sharp points
Antonyms
Compounds
How Toothed
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2.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Toothless comes from the simple parts tooth and -less, where -less means 'without', so it literally means 'without teeth', like a person or animal with no teeth.