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
In Pitt's performance, his calm in the face of enormous risk speaks louder than a ferocious loudmouth ever could.
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Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Padilla ordinarily is a very polite guy, extraordinary civil — calm, soft-spoken, the opposite of an aggressive loudmouth.
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
Her uncaring parents were all too happy to have their loudmouth, know-it-all daughter off their hands.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 June 2025
The truck driver instead drops him off at a bar where drunk on mudslides, Ben confronts a loudmouth who knocks him flat.
—Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
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Derek Scancarelli, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Padilla ordinarily is a very polite guy, extraordinary civil — calm, soft-spoken, the opposite of an aggressive loudmouth.
—George Skelton, Mercury News, 18 June 2025
Her uncaring parents were all too happy to have their loudmouth, know-it-all daughter off their hands.
—Greg Evans, Deadline, 12 June 2025
The truck driver instead drops him off at a bar where drunk on mudslides, Ben confronts a loudmouth who knocks him flat.
—Linda Chase, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loudmouth
Noun
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Here, witches are real — and so are jerks.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Apr. 2026
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The passengers include the requisite obnoxious jerk, Dan (Angus Sampson), already throwing his weight around and breaking no-smoking rules at LAX.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There’s some Streisand, too, and a big dose of Andrea Martin, specifically Martin’s signature SCTV character Edith Prickley, that bawdy, gawdy ham with all the bravado of a Catskills clown.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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Once completed, the $5 million acquisition will ensure the theater has a permanent home, a place where skateboarding clowns and leek-haired onions can continue to frolic and dance for decades to come.—
Todd Martens,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Lluís then calls Puig Antich a moron.—
Colm Tóibín,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2026
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This drunk moron — quite different from his character in the novel — bears a ton of blame.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The 69-year-old joker plans to make his comeback at California’s Ice House Comedy Club in Pasadena Wednesday night.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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After months bandying about the term joker to describe his team’s need for a matchup-threat pass-catcher, Sean Payton sat with the media at the NFL owners’ meetings in Palm Beach, Florida, last year and confirmed Denver had gotten its guy.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
28 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The book's main character — Cheese — was inspired by her real-life rescue dog, who was known for chasing squirrels and bringing energy into her life.—
Wakisha Bailey,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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By targeting a gene central to the molecular dysfunction and creating a novel system to deliver functional genetic instructions, High, Bennett and Maguire were able to move their therapy from the lab to experiments in dogs and finally to clinical trials in humans.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Fisk, the villain, ultimately loses this battle.—
Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
6 May 2026
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Who’s the villain on your show?—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
6 May 2026
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“Loudmouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loudmouth. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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