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Recent Examples of smart-mouthed Feimster plays the smart-mouthed Roo, a CIA colleague of Luke's. Randall Colburn, EW.com, 12 June 2025 Ken Osmond as Eddie Haskell In the show, Ken Osmond played Eddie Haskell — the smart-mouthed kid who was best friends with Wally. Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 7 June 2025 There is Jake, the perma-grinning, smart-mouthed group leader. Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 May 2025 Although the songs are better at fitting smart-mouthed lyrics to catchy rhythms than achieving memorable melodies, the best ones have punch. David Benedict, Variety, 12 Sep. 2024 Eventually, the group’s number is reduced to one: a gangly, smart-mouthed junior named Angus Tully, played by newcomer Dominic Sessa in an exceptionally impressive debut. Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smart-mouthed
Adjective
  • Even an otherwise neutral comment can be contorted into a sarcastic retort, an insult or a counterattack.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • On the par-4 14th, Scheffler splashed out of a greenside bunker to 10 feet, missed the par putt, and then, without hesitation, threw a sarcastic fist pump toward the hole.
    Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • White Noise Noah Baumbach's 2022 satirical drama stars Adam Driver and Greta Gerwig — who married Baumbach in 2023 after dating for 12 years — play a married couple in the 1980s.
    Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2025
  • While the homage is heartfelt, and certainly packs its share of genuine laughs, the end result can’t escape feeling like a hodgepodge, incapable of cohesively blending the satirical elements with the earnest messaging foremost on its mind.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025

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“Smart-mouthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smart-mouthed. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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