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Antonyms for big mouth


Grammar : Adj
Spell : big-mouth
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɪgˌmaʊθ



Definition of big mouth

Origin :
  • also bigmouth "person who talks too much," 1889, American English, from big + mouth (n.).
  • As in obnoxious : adj offensive, repulsive
Example sentences :
  • The lines about his big mouth hardened with grim determination.
  • Extract from : « Out of the Depths » by Robert Ames Bennet
  • Again his hand went to his beard and his big mouth opened in meditation.
  • Extract from : « The Book of All-Power » by Edgar Wallace
  • Suddenly he opened his big mouth and then closed it with a snap.
  • Extract from : « Mother West Wind's Children » by Thornton W. Burgess
  • "You are hungry," he said, as he expanded his big mouth and grinned pleasantly.
  • Extract from : « The Call Of The South » by Louis Becke
  • And Old Bender was pokin' around, and his wife and the boy with the big mouth.
  • Extract from : « Mitch Miller » by Edgar Lee Masters
  • They named it gulosus, "large-mouthed," owing to its big mouth.
  • Extract from : « Bass, Pike, Perch, and Others » by James Alexander Henshall
  • At first there was a slight pucker of puzzlement around his big mouth.
  • Extract from : « The Moon Colony » by William Dixon Bell
  • "If you'll just close that big mouth of yours, I'll explain," he said.
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson with the R.A.F » by R. Sidney Bowen
  • "It could have been," O'Malley answered and closed his big mouth tight.
  • Extract from : « A Yankee Flier with the R.A.F. » by Rutherford G. Montgomery
  • If you'll be so kind as to shut that big mouth of yours, I'll explain!
  • Extract from : « Dave Dawson at Casablanca » by Robert Sydney Bowen

Synonyms for big mouth

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