Slack-jawed Definition

adjective

(of a person) With the mouth in an open position and the jaw hanging loosely, especially as indicating bewilderment or astonishment.

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(idiomatic, of a person) Unsophisticated or unthinking; dimwitted in appearance.

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(idiomatic, dated, of a person) Overly talkative; indiscreet.

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Slack-jawed Sentence Examples

  • Jackson stared at her, slack jawed.

  • He smiled at Sarah who was staring, slack jawed.

  • Like Spirited Away, the story is so nutty that you watch with slack-jawed amazement.

  • One can almost picture him, sandwich in hand, slack-jawed in surprise.

  • When the Soviet Union dissolved only two years later, not with a bang but with a whimper, we were slack-jawed with surprise.

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