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Mouthed vs Scornful - What's the difference?

mouthed | scornful |

As adjectives the difference between mouthed and scornful

is that mouthed is (in combination) Having some specific type of mouth while scornful is showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.

As a verb mouthed

is past tense of mouth.

mouthed

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (in combination ) Having some specific type of mouth

    • Derived terms

    * open-mouthed * potty-mouthed

    Verb

    (head)
  • (mouth)

    • scornful

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Showing scorn or disrespect; contemptuous.
  • *
  • *:Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ ("I never) understood it," she observed, lightly scornful . "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."