mouthy

adjective

ˈmau̇-thē  -t͟hē 

mouthier; mouthiest

1

: marked by bombast or back talk

2

: excessively talkative : garrulous

Synonyms

• blabby
• chatty
• conversational
• gabby
• garrulous
• loquacious
• motormouthed
• talkative
• talky

Examples of mouthy in a Sentence

those mouthy motorists who can't seem to stay off their cell phones

Recent Examples on the Web

The full name is even mouthier: Koenigsegg Automated Twisted Synchrohelix Actuation Doors, or KATSAD. —Sean Evans, Robb Report, 28 June 2024

Ewan McGregor initially seems like an odd casting choice to play Count Alexander Rostov — a 1920s aristocrat whose mouthy ways lead to his getting forever confined by a Bolshevik court panel to the ritzy Metropol hotel. —Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024

But the bad blood with the Grizzlies stemmed primarily from mouthy swingman Dillon Brooks, who is now in Houston -- a place that has developed a bizarre social media rivalry with Cleveland, in large part due to the Evan Mobley-Jalen Green draft debate in 2021. —Chris Fedor, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023

And definitely a mouthy Latino. —Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2023

Word History

Etymology

mouth entry 1 + -y entry 1

First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1