Foul-mouthed

Foul-mouthed
Foul-mouthed Foul"-mouthed`, a. Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive; as, noisy foul-mouthed women all shouting at once.

Syn: foul-spoken. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

So foul-mouthed a witness never appeared in any cause. --Addison. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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  • foul-mouthed — adj swearing too much ▪ Harry was a nasty foul mouthed old devil. > foul mouth n …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • foul|mouthed — foul mouthed or foul|mouthed «FOWL MOWTHD, MOWTHT», adjective. using obscene, profane, or vile language …   Useful english dictionary

  • foul-mouthed — [ ,faul mauðd, ,faul mauθ ] adjective using a lot of swear words …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • foul-mouthed — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ habitually using bad language …   English terms dictionary

  • foul-mouthed — ADJ GRADED (disapproval) If you describe someone as foul mouthed, you disapprove of them because they use offensive words or say very rude things. He s a coarse, foul mouthed bully …   English dictionary

  • foul-mouthed — someone who is foul mouthed swears a lot. He was foul mouthed and violent …   New idioms dictionary

  • foul-mouthed — adjective using foul or obscene language noisy foul mouthed women all shouting at once • Syn: ↑foul spoken • Similar to: ↑dirty …   Useful english dictionary

  • foul-mouthed — adjective swearing too much: a foul mouthed little boy foul mouth / . ./ noun (C) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • foul mouthed — Synonyms and related words: Fescennine, Rabelaisian, bawdy, blue, dirty, filthy, foul, foul spoken, foul tongued, fulsome, impure, ithyphallic, lewd, lurid, nasty, obscene, offensive, pornographic, raunchy, ribald, salacious, scurrile, scurrilous …   Moby Thesaurus

  • foul-mouthed — a. Abusive, insulting, insolent, blackguard, scurrilous, foul, foul spoken, obscene, filthy, profane, indecent, blasphemous …   New dictionary of synonyms

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