: having a mouth especially of a specified kind
often used in combination
a soft-mouthed fish

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Comedian Heather McMahan, who served as emcee at the Ryder Cup’s first tee, apologized for participating in a foul-mouthed chant directed at Rory McIlroy on the tournament’s second day. Jenna West, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025 Barbara Ellis Sarcastic, foul-mouthed Jet Mason has been murdered, and has a week to find her own killer. The Know, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2025 By the end of the penultimate episode, Kupuohi and Ka’ahumanu are able to convince Kamehameha to use Ka’iana’s red-mouthed weapons in order to have a fighting chance against Keōua’s army. Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 16 Sep. 2025 Nearly 25 years later, North is just as bad as Ebert wrote, an astoundingly wrongheaded concept executed in the most mealy-mouthed, limp way possible. Will Leitch, Vulture, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mouthed

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of mouthed was in the 14th century

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“Mouthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mouthed. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.

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mouthed

adjective
: having a mouth especially of a specified kind
a large-mouthed jar

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