SMART-MOUTHED Synonyms: 89 Similar and Opposite Words

smart-mouthed

adjective

ˈsmärt-ˌmau̇tht

Definition of smart-mouthed

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 Ken Osmond played Eddie Haskell, Wally's smart-mouthed best friend. — Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 18 May 2026 Zuloaga’s smart-mouthed troop functions as a lively microcosm of this world. — Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2026 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

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Adjective

The pilot is charming and funny, immediately drawing me into the dynamic of its two characters — Romy is a bit more gregarious and sarcastic, Bobby more sensitive and sullen.

— Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 July 2026
Obviously, Dawkins is being very sarcastic here, but that’s the type of relationship these two share.

— Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of sarcastic

Adjective

Much of that expansion has been driven by the Cockroach Janta Party, a satirical group that started the movement two months ago.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026
Currently, Jon Stewart hosts the satirical news program on Mondays, sharing anchor duties with a rotating team of senior correspondents on the other days of the week.

— Angela Andaloro, PEOPLE, 25 July 2026

Definition of satiric

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The confrontation between father and daughter, in which Taylor-Joy unloads Lucky’s resentments about growing up in the life, is one of the season’s most barbed moments.

— Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 15 July 2026
But his view of Adrian’s methods, goals, and way of life end up making the bond of mentorship both tenuous and barbed.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 10 July 2026

Definition of barbed

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