widemouthed

adjective

Definition of widemouthednext
as in bewildered

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Recent Examples of widemouthed With a fairly small amount of surface area, the drink keeps its carbonation longer than wide-mouthed glasses. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 May 2026 Check out the wide-mouthed scream unleashed by the Lakers’ Luke Kennard midway through the fourth quarter. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026 Silicone styles like the ones from Loulou Lollipop do a standup job of catching rogue crumbs and food in their wide-mouthed pouches. — Pamela Brill, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026 Gently add gravel to a shallow, clear dish or wide-mouthed canning jar. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widemouthed
  1. bewildered
  2. dazed
  3. awesome
  4. awed
  5. wide-eyed
  6. open-mouthed
  7. overwhelmed
  8. aghast
Adjective
  • One bewildered South African man said protesters had burst into his home and stolen the lunch from his plate.
    — Julie Bourdin, Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2026
  • In a little corner of my mind, however, history will always mean the tragic smashing of individual lives by its cruel hands and the scattering of bewildered people reeling from its blows.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
Definition of bewildered
Adjective
  • Daemon struggles to his feet, dazed, and begins cleaving his way through the smouldering city.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Grutman approaches Hart’s character, who is on the ground dazed and disheveled from a wild night out.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 July 2026
Definition of dazed
Adjective
  • Like genuinely one of the most awesome episodes in the Game of Thrones universe.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Justin Gonzales, the club’s top power prospect, is having an awesome stretch for the Drive.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of awesome
Adjective
  • Maxwell, a fiction editor at The New Yorker, drew upon his own awed discovery of France in 1948; the novel’s opening paragraphs show one of the protagonists weeping at the sight of the French shore.
    — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026
  • But credit Neill for both understanding the assignment and not quite settling for those awed stares of Spielbergian wonder.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of awed
Adjective
  • Araki, who never met Hoffman’s father, the late actor Philip Seymour Hoffman, saw himself in the young, artistic, wide-eyed role.
    — Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Her music really is all about loving, too, with songs projecting the uncomplicated joy of a wide-eyed college graduate who goes to the bar on the weekends and falls in love at first sight.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of wide-eyed
Adjective
  • The thought of coworkers open-mouthed laughing is enough to jar anyone awake.
    — Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 24 July 2026
  • All around her, open-mouthed viewers turned to face the Artist.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 May 2026
Definition of open-mouthed
Adjective
  • Separating students from those pressures for several hours could encourage face-to-face conversation and give overwhelmed teenagers a genuine break.
    — Kavin Bendre, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • When your nervous system becomes overwhelmed, your ability to access your best thinking, empathy, creativity and judgment diminishes.
    — Sharon A. Kuhn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of overwhelmed
Adjective
  • Still, individuals Variety spoke with at competing studios — especially in business affairs, the less glamorous but vital department that closes contracts — were aghast.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 12 Aug. 2026
  • Columns of black smoke rise from targets, often filmed by aghast Russians.
    — Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 28 July 2026
Definition of aghast

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