as in bastard
informal + disapproving
a loud person; a person who talks too much and who says unpleasant or stupid things
I missed half of the movie's dialogue because of that loudmouth in the back row.
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Recent Examples of loudmouth
There is a super-powerful tech mogul (Gaby Hoffman) and a rich Wall Street creep (Clark Gregg); there is a hypocritical alternative media loudmouth (Dan Stevens).
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
McCarthy gives a great performance, playing up the press secretary’s more boorish traits as a gum-guzzling loudmouth that mangles words and twists facts like pretzels.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
When a fellow high schooler parades through the hallways as a blustering loudmouth, mocking others to cover his painful and readily apparent insecurities, most of us raise our eyebrows in amusement.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2025
The end of that era should be celebrated, but this calling out of the loudmouths, oddballs, misogynists and gropers may have tipped into an overly condemnatory age.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 31 Dec. 2024
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025
McCarthy gives a great performance, playing up the press secretary’s more boorish traits as a gum-guzzling loudmouth that mangles words and twists facts like pretzels.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025
When a fellow high schooler parades through the hallways as a blustering loudmouth, mocking others to cover his painful and readily apparent insecurities, most of us raise our eyebrows in amusement.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2025
The end of that era should be celebrated, but this calling out of the loudmouths, oddballs, misogynists and gropers may have tipped into an overly condemnatory age.
—Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loudmouth
Noun
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But in politics — as in life —there’s a fine line between being genuine and being a jerk.—
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic,
Forbes.com,
9 June 2025
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Smoky, spicy jerk is also on the menu in the Pulled Jerk Pork & Coconut Shrimp appetizer at Eleanor’s at Sandals Grande Antigua.—
Sandals Resorts,
AFAR Media,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Also, this was not a good week for billionaires as a socialist Muslim won a long-shot victory in the NYC Democratic primary, partly on the promise to raise taxes among the highest income earners, and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos starred in a clown show wedding in Venice.—
Paul Bedard,
The Washington Examiner,
28 June 2025
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Ayanna Pressley, another blow-in-drifter (from Chicago), pole vaulted from the City Council clown show to the U.S. House.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
25 June 2025
Noun
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Yet Mitchell Robinson, ever the joker, can’t make up his mind.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
23 May 2025
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Hayden Christensen as Jake Hill Conley Hayden Christensen played Jake Hill Conley, another neighborhood boy known for being a practical joker.—
Samantha Stutsman,
People.com,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Responding officers found the dog, and advised the owner to take the dog in.—
cleveland,
cleveland,
13 Sep. 2023
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Police brought in hundreds of law enforcement personnel with dogs, armored carriers, horses and helicopters that circled overhead.—
Maryclaire Dale, Marc Levy and Michael Rubinkam,
Anchorage Daily News,
13 Sep. 2023
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Two of the game’s most brilliant villains have matured into eloquent eulogists.—
Simon Vozick-Levinson,
Rolling Stone,
30 June 2025
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For an industry which has long been treated by the television and film industries as a dirty, dangerous business run by unethical, cartoon-ish villains like J.R. Ewing, such a balanced portrayal is a welcome change, indeed.—
David Blackmon,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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“Loudmouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loudmouth. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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