loudmouth

[ loud-mouth ]

noun

, plural loud·mouths [loud, -mou, th, z, -mouths].

1. a loudmouthed person.

loudmouth

/ ˈlaʊdˌmaʊðd; ˈlaʊdˌmaʊθ; -ˌmaʊθt /

noun

1. a person who brags or talks too loudly
2. a person who is gossipy or tactless

Derived Forms

• loudmouthed, adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of loudmouth¹

First recorded in 1660–70; loud + mouth

Example Sentences

One can hear every squeak of the shoes, every jeer from the loudmouths, every direction from the coaches.

From Los Angeles Times

I’ve been acting for a while and I feel I’ve played dark characters, from school shooters to alpha-type guys, and in “Overlord,” where I played a very loudmouth New York soldier.

From Salon

The little I catch, mostly via soundbites, he’s the same racist, loudmouth he has always been since his days bankrupting casinos and selling steaks in my home state of New Jersey.

From Salon

Of course he's always been an ignorant loudmouth, but you could largely follow the dumb things he was trying to say.

From Salon

For others, it makes her a loudmouth irritant.

From BBC

Related Words

• boisterous
• cacophonous
• clamorous
• rambunctious
• riotous
• rowdy
• strident
• vociferous