WIDEMOUTHED Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

widemouthed

adjective

Definition of widemouthed

as in bewildered

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Recent Examples of widemouthed With a fairly small amount of surface area, the drink keeps its carbonation longer than wide-mouthed glasses. — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 May 2026 Check out the wide-mouthed scream unleashed by the Lakers’ Luke Kennard midway through the fourth quarter. — Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2026 Silicone styles like the ones from Loulou Lollipop do a standup job of catching rogue crumbs and food in their wide-mouthed pouches. — Pamela Brill, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026 Gently add gravel to a shallow, clear dish or wide-mouthed canning jar. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025

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Adjective

But Iñárritu’s caricatures become people in a way Kubrick’s don’t; as the bewildered President, for example, John Goodman is simultaneously grounded and theatrical in his presentation, recalling his best work with the Coen brothers.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Sep. 2026
Five o’clock Saturday, the Riverside Stadium and Middlesbrough head coach Kim Hellberg is fist-pumping a half-bewildered but fully enthused home crowd.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of bewildered

Adjective

But the man simply stood there with a dazed expression on his face, swaying gently in the living room of their small, cramped flat, like a lone tree in the breeze.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Laiken Randolph appeared dazed, and possibly on drugs, officers remarked.

— Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of dazed

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These cans offer awesome sound features like Hi-Res clarity, 50 hours of battery life, a 5-minute fast charge that can give you 4 hours of playback.

— Carlos Mejia, PC Magazine, 6 Oct. 2026
Technology is at the heart of facials, especially, from a skin analysis machine and facial sculpting wand to a cryotherapy mask that was positively icy—but also awesome—at -4 degrees Fahrenheit.

— Kathryn Romeyn, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of awesome

Adjective

This audience listened in awed silence, and by the end of the song, everyone around us was crying as well, before jolting upward in a spontaneous standing ovation — one of three.

— James Gunn, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2026
Maxwell, a fiction editor at The New Yorker, drew upon his own awed discovery of France in 1948; the novel’s opening paragraphs show one of the protagonists weeping at the sight of the French shore.

— Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 28 July 2026

Definition of awed

Adjective

Jacob Tremblay portrays Kaczynski as a wide-eyed, vulnerable teenager who wants to prove himself so badly.

— Rachel Corbett, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
Not my friends, who shook their heads at my schedule, wide-eyed and overwhelmed at the thought of doing it themselves.

— Taylor Tomlinson, HollywoodReporter, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of wide-eyed

Adjective

Miley Cyrus, open-mouthed, nudged Kerry Washington as the woman in spangles swept by—this was red-carpet clothing, flashbulb clothing, clothing to be seen in once rather than excavated annually from a closet of perennials.

— Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
The thought of coworkers open-mouthed laughing is enough to jar anyone awake.

— Alexandra Hildreth, Vogue, 24 July 2026

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