mouthy

[ mou-thee, -thee ]

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adjective,mouth·i·er, mouth·i·est.

rude, disrespectful, or given to back talk; insolent: One of the kids was a holy terror—belligerent and mouthy.
excessively talkative, often in a pretentious way: I get nauseated just thinking of that talk show and the parade of mouthy buffoons.

Origin of mouthy

First recorded in 1580–90; mouth + -y¹

Other words from mouthy

mouth·i·ly, adverb
mouth·i·ness, noun

Words Nearby mouthy

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How to use mouthy in a sentence

I also suspect some people watched the videos in hopes that they would see a mouthy woman get punched in the face.
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We call this “Womyning,”and if you have a mouthy teenage daughter, she is probably doing it, too.
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“This is going to happen over and over again if nothing is done,” Greenidge told the New York Daily News of her mouthy ordeal.
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Here's Jones taking technical pointers from a mouthy teenager in a McDonald's ad.
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Because he is a mouthy, insouciant rascal with a great shtick.
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Lumley was quite able to do it, for he was truly, as Mr. Marlin had described him, mouthy.
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A mouthy braggart in company is often silent in his own home, and Buzz was no exception to this rule.
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It passed him by indifferent; and he had ever loathed the mouthy prating of it on others' lips.
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British Dictionary definitions for mouthy

mouthy

/ (ˈmaʊðɪ) /

adjectivemouthier or mouthiest

bombastic; excessively talkative

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