loudmouth

noun

loud·​mouth ˈlau̇d-ˌmau̇th How to pronounce loudmouth (audio)
: a loudmouthed person

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There is a super-powerful tech mogul (Gaby Hoffman) and a rich Wall Street creep (Clark Gregg); there is a hypocritical alternative media loudmouth (Dan Stevens). Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2025 McCarthy gives a great performance, playing up the press secretary’s more boorish traits as a gum-guzzling loudmouth that mangles words and twists facts like pretzels. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 11 Feb. 2025 As a result, Liston found himself, for the first time, with a mandate from boxing pundits: to put the loudmouth upstart in his place. Mikal Gilmore, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025 The end of that era should be celebrated, but this calling out of the loudmouths, oddballs, misogynists and gropers may have tipped into an overly condemnatory age. Carolyn Wells, Longreads, 31 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for loudmouth

Word History

First Known Use

1870, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of loudmouth was in 1870

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“Loudmouth.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loudmouth. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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loudmouth

noun
loud·​mouth -ˌmau̇th How to pronounce loudmouth (audio)
: a person given to loud unpleasant talk
loudmouthed
-ˈmau̇t͟hd
-ˈmau̇tht
adjective

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