Thesaurus results for MOUTHING (OFF)

mouthing (off)

verb

present participle of mouth (off)

as in speaking

to talk as if giving an important and formal speech some crank mouthing off in the center of town to anyone who would listen

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Grammatically speaking, transitivity is noncontingent, referencing the direct action of a subject on an object.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026
There’s plenty of decadence to go around, not only in the amenities and treatments but culinarily speaking—a surprise seven-course chef’s table dinner at Rumari Counter is good for the soul—and the combination is divine.

— Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

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The time that sales reps used to spend talking to customers is now used to update systems.

— Kylie Fuentes, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
She was elected and spent last year talking to university administrators and Greek life representatives to try to advocate for more transparency.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026

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Related Stories Cruise, declaiming every line, acting with blind bluster and a mean gleam of good-ol’-boy joy, makes Digger a walking cartoon — a larger-than-life satire of over-the-top American arrogance, like LBJ crossed with Foghorn Leghorn.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Sep. 2026
And the conversations between Anna and Molly, Ella and Julia (Ella’s friend and a counterpart of Molly), as well as the stammering and declaiming when Anna talks to herself, are almost always about men.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

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The Kennedy Center is already running late, compared to past years, in announcing the honorees.

— Paul Grein, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2026
This week, City Hall and the DCLA are announcing an increase in funding for direct-support grants to artists, administered by each borough’s local arts council.

— Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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