as in sarcastic
marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings
your smart-mouthed remarks aren't at all helping the situation
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Recent Examples of smart-mouthed
Gleeson plays the smart-mouthed crime boss who runs the city in 1930s New York, while Nicolas Cage's Ben Reilly (a.k.a.
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Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
Zuloaga’s smart-mouthed troop functions as a lively microcosm of this world.
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Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
There’s also a new duo whose story weaves in and around the primary plot to stop Ganon: the diminutive and smart-mouthed Korok, Calamo, and the automaton known only as the Mysterious Construct — who looks a lot like Link.
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Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
Feimster plays the smart-mouthed Roo, a CIA colleague of Luke's.
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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.
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Meredith Wilshere,
People.com,
7 June 2025
There is Jake, the perma-grinning, smart-mouthed group leader.
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Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
16 May 2025
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
Zuloaga’s smart-mouthed troop functions as a lively microcosm of this world.
—
Carolina A. Miranda,
The Atlantic,
5 Mar. 2026
There’s also a new duo whose story weaves in and around the primary plot to stop Ganon: the diminutive and smart-mouthed Korok, Calamo, and the automaton known only as the Mysterious Construct — who looks a lot like Link.
—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
4 Nov. 2025
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smart-mouthed
Adjective
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Conversely, Charles Johnson expressed irate objections, and Renato Moicano offered sarcastic remarks.
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There’s the yellow, blue-nosed beaver Norb (Nick Bakay) — witty, sophisticated, sarcastic, and opinionated.
Adjective
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The student was referencing a line from the 1974 satirical film Blazing Saddles, a movie co-written by Richard Pryor.
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Early says that the movie takes much of its aesthetic and satirical cues from director Paul Verhoeven’s films Showgirls (1995) and Starship Troopers (1997).
Adjective
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Vines have grown through the fence and barbed wire surrounding a tall art deco building in this city’s downtown, and cigarette holders and empty food tins litter the tall weeds.
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What happened to his barbed humanistic wit?
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“Smart-mouthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smart-mouthed. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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