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

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Instead of the slow, masked killers people were used to, Freddy Krueger was a quick-witted, foul-mouthed, charismatic villain who could kill people in their dreams, oftentimes dragging them down into his nightmarish boiler room before finishing them off. Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 30 Oct. 2025 Davidson’s condition, which leads him to make foul-mouthed outbursts, was barely understood at the time and was the source of misunderstandings, bullying, and harassment. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025 The large-mouthed sharks end up hoovering in some of this natural debris. JSTOR Daily, 24 Oct. 2025 Earning an Emmy and a SAG Ensemble Award for his early 2000s role in Fox’s Ally McBeal, MacNicol earned another Emmy nomination for his work as foul-mouthed New Hampshire political power player Jeff Kane on HBO’s Veep in 2019. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Oct. 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 2 Nov. 2025.

Kids Definition

mouthed

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

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