Meaning

1 senses

  1. Bombastic or awkward.

Examples

16 sentences

  1. I couldn't eat another mouthful.

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  2. He drank a mouthful of water.

    ruОн выпил глоток воды. — Wezel

    deEr trank einen Schluck Wasser. — Melang

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  3. He swallowed a mouthful of bread.

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  4. I ate a mouthful of couscous.

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  5. Janos finished the meal in three mouthfuls.

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Origin

From mouth + -ful.

From mouth + -ful.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

more mouthful, most mouthful
Comparativemore mouthful Lesson
Superlativemost mouthful Lesson

regular

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
moustacheB2mousymouthA1mouthpiecemouthwashmoveA2

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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