MOUTHED Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

mouthed 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of mouthed

as in muttered

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mouthed

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verb

past tense of mouth

as in grimaced

to distort one's face when her mother told her to mind, the little girl mouthed insolently and rolled her eyes

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as in mumbled

to speak softly and unclearly the prompter mouthed the forgotten words under his breath

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Recent Examples of mouthed

Adjective

Bigger, Longer & Uncut, in which the flatulent Canadian comedians Terrance and Phillip outrage the parents of South Park with their foul-mouthed hit comedy Asses of Fire. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026 Banderas, 65, portrays the Portuguese chef whom Bourdain works for at the Dreadnaught, while Woodall, 29, Stavros Halkias and Michael Jibrin portray the potty-mouthed, hard-partying cooks Bourdain works with. — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 Rob-Will's bloody-mouthed Rip retort was just as classic. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 19 June 2026 The Peacock series follows the ongoing adventures of the pot-smoking, foul-mouthed teddy bear Ted. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 15 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for mouthed

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouthed

Adjective

Often made by anonymous rappers and producers with a monkish dedication to their craft, this isn’t rap for the live show but for the headphones, music where every muttered word and barely-there snare matters.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026

Definition of muttered

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After one take — which is usually not worth the celluloid it’s printed on, as the crew and the artists find their feet — Axl mumbled something about being freaked out and disappeared back into the depths of the building.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
The convex-concave curves of the open and closed parentheses cup something said by the way, whisperings, secrets mouthed into the reader’s ear, mumbled under the author’s breath.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of mumbled

Verb

In one photo, Pelphrey playfully cradled Cuoco's baby bump while the actress stared at him with a comically strained smile.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 15 Sep. 2026
Those of us blessed not to have been at the point of impact filed out onto the lawn and stared back in horror at the broken and burning building.

— Marc A. Thiessen, Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of stared

Verb

Someone murmured something about bacon and eggs being more appropriate at this time of day.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
True to form, the Boards of Canada resurrection has murmured to life so quietly that only the most obsessive of code breakers twigged it early on.

— Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 16 Apr. 2026