Word Meanings - MOUTH-MADE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. "Mouth-made vows." Shak.

Related words: (words related to MOUTH-MADE)

• WITHOUT-DOOR
  Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak.
• WITHOUTFORTH
  Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer.
• MOUTHFUL
  1. As much as is usually put into the mouth at one time. 2. Hence, a small quantity.
• MOUTH
  1. To speak with a full, round, or loud, affected voice; to vociferate; to rant. I'll bellow out for Rome, and for my country, And mouth at Cæsar, till I shake the senate. Addison. 2. To put mouth to mouth; to kiss. Shak. 3. To make grimaces,
• MOUTHED
  1. Furnished with a mouth. 2. Having a mouth of a particular kind; using the mouth, speech, or voice in a particular way; -- used only in composition; as, wide- mouthed; hard-mouthed; foul-mouthed; mealy-mouthed.
• SINCERITY
  The quality or state of being sincere; honesty of mind or intention; freedom from simulation, hypocrisy, disguise, or false pretense; sincereness. I protest, in the sincerity of love. Shak. Sincerity is a duty no less plain than important. Knox.
• WITHOUTEN
  Without. Chaucer.
• SPOKEN
  1. Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word. 2. Characterized by a certain manner or style in speaking; -- often in composition; as, a pleasant-spoken man. Methinks you 're better spoken. Shak.
• HEARTFELT
  Hearty; sincere.
• MOUTHPIECE
  1. The part of a musical or other instrument to which the mouth is applied in using it; as, the mouthpiece of a bugle, or of a tobacco pipe. 2. An appendage to an inlet or outlet opening of a pipe or vessel, to direct or facilitate the inflow or
• MOUTH-FOOTED
  Having the basal joints of the legs converted into jaws.
• WITHOUT
  1. On or art the outside; not on the inside; not within; outwardly; externally. Without were fightings, within were fears. 2 Cor. vii. 5. 2. Outside of the house; out of doors. The people came unto the house without. Chaucer.
• MOUTH-MADE
  Spoken without sincerity; not heartfelt. "Mouth-made vows." Shak.
• MOUTHER
  One who mouths; an affected speaker.
• MOUTHLESS
  Destitute of a mouth.
• LOUD-MOUTHED
  Having a loud voice; talking or sounding noisily; noisily impudent.
• FREE-SPOKEN
  Accustomed to speak without reserve. Bacon. -- Free"-spo`ken-ness, n.
• REDMOUTH
  Any one of several species of marine food fishes of the genus Diabasis, or Hæmulon, of the Southern United States, having the inside of the mouth bright red. Called also flannelmouth, and grunt.
• SPLAYMOUTH
  A wide mouth; a mouth stretched in derision. Dryden.
• FLAP-MOUTHED
  Having broad, hangling lips. Shak.
• HOT-MOUTHED
  Headstrong. That hot-mouthed beast that bears against the curb. Dryden.
• INSINCERITY
  The quality of being insincere; want of sincerity, or of being in reality what one appears to be; dissimulation; hypocritical; deceitfulness; hollowness; untrustworthiness; as, the insincerity of a professed friend; the insincerity of professions
• FOUL-MOUTHED
  Using language scurrilous, opprobrious, obscene, or profane; abusive. So foul-mouthed a witness never appeared in any cause. Addison.
• FROGMOUTH
  One of several species of Asiatic and East Indian birds of the genus Batrachostomus ; -- so called from their very broad, flat bills.
• FAIR-SPOKEN
  Using fair speech, or uttered with fairness; bland; civil; courteous; plausible. "A marvelous fair-spoken man." Hooker.
• PRETTY-SPOKEN
  Spoken or speaking prettily.
• FLUTEMOUTH
  A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubular snout.
• SMOOTH-SPOKEN
  Speaking smoothly; plausible; flattering; smooth-tongued.
• OPEN-MOUTHED
  Having the mouth open; gaping; hence, greedy; clamorous. L'Estrange.
• SALTMOUTH
  A wide-mouthed bottle with glass stopper for holding chemicals, especially crystallized salts.
• PLAIN-SPOKEN
  Speaking with plain, unreserved sincerity; also, spoken sincerely; as, plain-spoken words. Dryden.