FOULMOUTHED Synonyms: 63 Similar and Opposite Words

foulmouthed

adjective

Definition of foulmouthed

as in filthy

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Recent Examples of foulmouthed The foulmouthed movie exec earned Barinholtz his first Emmy nomination, one of 23 for the hit series. — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025 In the dark comedy, created by showrunner duo Brian Donovan and Ed Herro, Martindale plays a foulmouthed, no-nonsense maple farmer who becomes the felonious trio’s leader. — Daniel Vaillancourt, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024 Norma is contrasted by her narcissistic, foulmouthed, crash-and-burn sister, Wanda, who has chosen Norma’s house as a rendezvous point with an old boyfriend … against Norma’s wishes, and for very underhanded reasons. — Duante Beddingfield, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025 The Daily Show host also issued a foulmouthed message to CBS after the network canceled The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025 That’s the nature, for instance, of Daniel Radcliffe’s legendary foulmouthed appearance on Extras, or David Duchovny going full Basic Instinct on The Larry Sanders Show. — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025

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Adjective

Margera tried to soothe the pain by submerging his fresh brand in a tub of filthy farm water, which resulted in a life-threatening staph infection that landed him in the hospital.

— Sezin Devi Koehler, Entertainment Weekly, 26 June 2026
Outside the Lineage warehouse Thursday morning, the smell of heavy smoke was already being replaced with that of spoiling food and filthy water.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2026

Definition of filthy

Adjective

Sean Goode, a former Canton police sergeant who was working the night of John O'Keefe's death and testified during the first Karen Read trial, allegedly sent dozens of vulgar text messages, according to an independent investigation.

— Matt Schooley, CBS News, 29 June 2026
Others were removed early on for vulgar or inappropriate comments, according to a PGA Tour source with knowledge of the events, with five spectators in total ejected from the tournament with six holes to go.

— Brody Miller, New York Times, 21 June 2026

Definition of vulgar

Adjective

The series combines potty-mouthed put-downs with more sentimental story lines.

— Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Parents react in different ways, from telling their potty-mouthed offspring to stop, to explaining why this is a bad habit, to ignoring the behavior, or even enforcing consequences as a punishment.

— Melissa Willets, Parents, 26 Jan. 2026

Definition of potty-mouthed

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Morris pleaded guilty in October last year in Oklahoma to five counts of lewd and indecent acts with a child.

— Giles Hudson, CBS News, 24 June 2026
Varley, a teacher, was also found guilty of inflicting grievous bodily harm; four counts of cruelty to a person under 16; ten counts of taking indecent images of a child; two counts of possessing indecent images of a child; and one count of distributing an indecent image of a child.

— KC Baker, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026

Definition of indecent

Adjective

Counterculture Yippies would turn up at a 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears show at Madison Square Garden, carrying obscene banners outside and dumping manure by the front gate.

— Hillel Italie, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Yippies would turn up at a 1970 Blood, Sweat & Tears show at Madison Square Garden, carrying obscene banners outside and dumping manure by the front gate.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 June 2026

Definition of obscene

Adjective

Aguirre removed Quiñones in favor or taller options, but Mexico never recovered from the loss of offensive creativity.

— Eduard Cauich, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
The Mets, being one of the worst offensive teams in baseball, don’t often come back from large deficits.

— Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026

Definition of offensive

Adjective

To create your own mix, use a combination of two parts potting soil and one part perlite or coarse sand to grow your spider plant in.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 June 2026
The varying sizes of these tools suggest threads of different thicknesses, and that indicates both finer and coarser textiles, and likely the use of a range of raw materials.

— Leslie Katz, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

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