gutter mouth

Talks like sewage

Someone with a gutter mouth speaks crudely, using profanity, obscenity, or vulgar language freely: Watch your language—you've got a real gutter mouth.

The image is of speech that belongs in the gutter rather than polite company.

Also used as an adjective: her gutter-mouth coworker.

profanity

swearing

Profane speech or vows

foul language · dirty words · taboo words · four-letter words · f-bombs · obscenity · blasphemy · scatology · locker room talk · trash talk

vulgarity

crudeness

Lack of sophistication

bawdiness · ribaldry · indecency · off-color · salaciousness · filthiness · blue language · dirty talk · explicit language · impropriety

rudeness

disrespect

Lack of regard

discourtesy · boorishness · mockery · derision · taunting · jeering · sneering · snarkiness · belittlement · backtalk

offensiveness

insults

Disparaging remarks

pejorative · shock value · tactlessness · distastefulness · inappropriate · verbal abuse · name-calling · put-downs · epithets · fighting words

Opposites
speech register and propriety

gutter mouthpolite conversation

Courteous social discourse

civil tongue · well-spoken · measured speech

social class connotation in speech

gutter mouthsilver tongue

Natural persuasive ability

courtly speech · diplomatic language · Queen's English · proper English

speech register/vulgarity

gutter mouthclean language

Speech free of profanity

well-spoken · eloquent · G-rated · diplomatic language

Family

gutter, mouth, gutters, guttered, guttering, mouths, mouthed, mouthing, mouthy

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG