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foul-mouthed

foul-mouthed

9 7.7
A person who often says rude words
  • adjective
  • /faʊl maʊθd/
  • NSFW
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  • Kai is particularly unpleasant because he combines extreme ignorance with very foul-mouthed diction.
  • foul-mouthed and lazy
  • dirty and foul-mouthed
  • very foul-mouthed

And as we've established, they are foul mouthed, humorless.

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Examples

  • The other principal character is Vince's longtime agent, the hyperactive, comically foul-mouthed, and ethically challenged Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven).

    Academic text (2012)
  • With their boozy client dinners, big bonuses, and foul-mouthed traders, interdealer brokers are stalwarts of a financial order that is in retreat.

    Blog text (28)
  • Is this the kind of foul-mouthed example... we wanna set for our young, innocent children?

  • So here are just a few of the most foul mouthed members of the animal Kingdom.

  • Foul-mouthed, unexpected, and very effective.

  • What will Bill Maher do? He is nothing but foul-mouthed when he talks about conservative women.

    Blog text (21)
  • So the next day I get a call and William Paley called my agency and said this foul mouthed young man will not appear on my network.

  • And she becomes the kind of foul mouthed comic that we that we have become to we've come to associate with Melissa McCarthy.

  • She's a foul-mouthed, aggressive, arrogant, antisocial little miscreant.

    Fiction book (1994)
  • During the meeting, he shocked everyone with his foul-mouthed remarks, using language that made many uncomfortable.

Synonyms

foul
vsfoul-mouthed
  • NSFW
90 4.7

Containing rude or offensive language

focuses on repeated use rather than a single obscene instance
filthy
vsfoul-mouthed
  • Offensive
65 4.7

Words or jokes that are rude and about sex

is about habitual use of obscene words rather than content alone
vulgar
vsfoul-mouthed
  • Offensive
22 6.5

Being rude and indecent in words or behaviour

emphasizes frequent obscene speech rather than one crude act
loud-mouthed
vsfoul-mouthed
  • Offensive
3 6.7

A person who speaks loudly and says rude things

focuses on frequent obscene language rather than volume or boasting
smutty
vsfoul-mouthed
  • Offensive
3 7.9

Containing sexual jokes or rude words

means repeatedly using such indecent words, not just occasional comments
foul-spoken
vsfoul-mouthed
  • Offensive
8.4

Using rude words that insult other people

is about doing this repeatedly or often
rough-spoken
vsfoul-mouthed
7.5

A person who speaks in a rude, harsh way

describes repeated obscene language rather than just rough manners

Antonyms

329 1.0

Showing good manners and respect to other people

43 3.7

Polite and respectful when you speak or behave

How Offensive

obscene
  • Offensive
33 6.2
foul-mouthed
  • NSFW
9 7.7
vulgar
  • Offensive
22 6.5
coarse
  • Offensive
14 4.2
rude
594 1.0

Surface Forms

foul-mouthed positive

Morphology

foul-mouthed = foul + mouthed (transparent) = foul + mouth + ed

The meaning is a straightforward compound: 'foul' (offensive) + 'mouthed' (having a mouth/way of speaking) = frequently using offensive language.

Etymology

Foul-mouthed comes from the picture of a 'dirty' mouth: foul means 'dirty' or 'bad' and mouth is the same word you know. So a foul-mouthed person often uses 'dirty' or rude words, which is why the word describes someone who speaks in a rude way.