widemouthed
- adjective
- /ˈwaɪdˌmaʊθt/
- The audience sat widemouthed in awe as the fireworks lit up the night sky.
Examples
-
The children stood widemouthed, staring at the magician's final, impossible trick.
-
She stood there with a widemouthed expression of disbelief.
-
She listened widemouthed as her friend described the incredible adventure.
-
The child's widemouthed surprise was evident when he saw the cake.
-
The children stood widemouthed, staring at the magician's final, impossible trick.
-
The audience sat widemouthed in awe as the fireworks lit up the night sky.
-
She listened widemouthed as her friend described the incredible adventure.
Synonyms
5
6.9
Having the mouth open because of surprise or wonder
4
3.2
With the mouth wide open in surprise or wonder
1
4.1
With your mouth open because you are very surprised
How Open
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Widemouthed is simply wide ('open, broad') plus mouth ('opening'), and it gives the image of someone with their mouth open in surprise, like being wide-eyed but for the mouth.