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
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.
—Meredith Wilshere, People.com, 7 June 2025
There is Jake, the perma-grinning, smart-mouthed group leader.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
What a rare and thrilling opportunity to watch Chris Pratt exchange snarky but affectionate banter with a small, smart-mouthed CGI companion!
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 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
Shortly after landing, the smart-mouthed protagonist is greeted by an indestructible robot sidekick named Claptrap (voiced by Jack Black), who even as a bottomless pit of dull exposition and half-baked one-liners delivers many of the movie’s better moments.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2024
That plot casts our smart-mouthed outsider — who for better or worse hates robots — opposite an adorable, artificially intelligent home companion designed specifically for her by Masa.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 July 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
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
What a rare and thrilling opportunity to watch Chris Pratt exchange snarky but affectionate banter with a small, smart-mouthed CGI companion!
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Mar. 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
Shortly after landing, the smart-mouthed protagonist is greeted by an indestructible robot sidekick named Claptrap (voiced by Jack Black), who even as a bottomless pit of dull exposition and half-baked one-liners delivers many of the movie’s better moments.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 8 Aug. 2024
That plot casts our smart-mouthed outsider — who for better or worse hates robots — opposite an adorable, artificially intelligent home companion designed specifically for her by Masa.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 16 July 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
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His father, observing his children’s unconventional career choices, eventually developed his own sarcastic advice for parents.—
Omaid Homayun,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Idiotic rich boy Bertie Wooster gets himself into some kind of sticky situation with another rich idiot, and his quietly sarcastic, above-it-all, genius butler Jeeves inevitably gets him out of it.—
Brian Boone,
Vulture,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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The poem is part love quest, part account of Italy’s battles; in places profoundly serious, in places satiric.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
11 June 2025
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Neither damning nor satiric, W. is oddly wistful, almost regretful — rare sentiments in a Stone film.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
17 Feb. 2025
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“Smart-mouthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smart-mouthed. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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