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gapemouthed

gapemouthed is the alternative form of gape-mouthed.

Meaning of gape-mouthed

Adjective

gape-mouthed (comparative more gape-mouthed, superlative most gape-mouthed)

  1. Overwhelmed with awe or astonishment.
    • "You may be wise in your study in the morning,” (says brow-beating Johnson, to his gape-mouthed admirer Boswell,) “ and gay in company at a tavern in the evening.”1829, The Book of the Boudoir by Lady Morgan. Vol. 1, page 150
  2. Having a wide-open mouth.
    • So in the spring my room and that portion of the veranda set aside for the purpose always had at least half a dozen cages and boxes containing gape-mouthed baby birds or birds that I had managed to rescue from the sportsmen and which were recuperating with makeshift splints on wings or legs.2006, Gerald Durrell, The Corfu Trilogy, →ISBN
  3. Having a wide opening.
    • A gape-mouthed wicker trunk served as a hive.2008, Solon Timothy Woodward, Cadillac Orpheus: A Novel, →ISBN, page 68

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Forms of gapemouthed

Adjective
comparativemore gapemouthed
superlativemost gapemouthed
Adverb
comparativemore gapemouthed
superlativemost gapemouthed

Questions about gapemouthed

What is gapemouthed the alternative form of?
Gapemouthed is the alternative form of gape-mouthed.

Words near gapemouthed in the dictionary

  1. gape-mouthed
  2. gaped
  3. gaped for
  4. gapeline
  5. gapelines
  6. gapemouthed
  7. gaper
  8. gapers
  9. gapers block
  10. gapers' block
  11. gapers' blocks

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