mouthy

American  

[mau-thee, -thee] / ˈmaʊ θi, -ði /

adjective

mouthier, mouthiest

1. rude, disrespectful, or given to back talk; insolent.

   One of the kids was a holy terror—belligerent and mouthy.

2. excessively talkative, often in a pretentious way.

   I get nauseated just thinking of that talk show and the parade of mouthy buffoons.

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mouthy British  

/ ˈmaʊðɪ /

adjective

1. bombastic; excessively talkative

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Other Word Forms

• mouthiness
  noun
• mouthily
  adverb

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Etymology

Origin of mouthy

First recorded in 1580–90; mouth + -y ¹

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

mouthy mouthier mouthiest

“Make Nice” is structured as a day-by-day account of the family’s stay on the island, with the focus shifting from Viv to Pete to Corey to Viv’s mouthy 14-year-old daughter, Ash.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

Tony Award-winning actress Kara Young co-stars as Racine, the mouthy, rough-and-tough twin.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

The actress and comedian played Donna Noble, the Doctor's mouthy companion in the popular sci-fi franchise.

From BBC ● Nov. 26, 2023

So he sent director Greta Gerwig a demo with a few lines — including a deliciously mouthy lyric about “blonde fragility.”

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 17, 2023

“The mouthy thing that jumped you? Never heard of anything like that. Or the golden things. That’s on some other level. All I ever seen is the tall, lanky shadow dudes. Sorry, sis.”

From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older

Pazcoguin’s book is subtitled, “The Making of a Rogue Ballerina,” and she quickly establishes herself as the mouthier, hard-partying alternative to the perfumed diva stereotype.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 18, 2021

For their sequel, the Next Generation stalwarts will do battle with a creature even meaner and mouthier than the Borg: the McEnroe.

From Time Magazine Archive

Yes, put him in there with the brashest and mouthiest player you can find.

From Golf Digest ● Nov. 24, 2018

The mouthiest of them all typically start with the same word.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 31, 2018

I reckon they just went out on a few estates, picked the mouthiest, rudest, funniest kids they could find, put them in a classroom and told them to be themselves.

From The Guardian ● Sep. 22, 2010

But you know as well as I, Lord, he’s one of the mouthiest so and so’s that ever wore socks.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy

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