His eyes were large and prominent, his mouth wide and lippy, and as he bent over his books he emitted sundry low growls and grunts, plainly indicating that his temper was none of the sweetest.
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Lippy
//ˈlɪpi//
Synonyms for "lippy" (7 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Adjective(2 words)
Strong matches (2)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Related words (3)
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Translations
17 translations across 7 languages.
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 愛頂嘴的 /爱顶嘴的 adj (having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner)
French
2 entries- lippu adj (having prominent lips)
- répondeur adj (having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner)
Galician
1 entries- beizudo adj (having prominent lips)
Polish
1 entries- pyskaty adj (having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- beiçudo adj (having prominent lips)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- usnat adj (having prominent lips)
- sjajilo noun ((colloquial) lip gloss)
- štift noun ((colloquial) lipstick)
Spanish
4 entries- befo adj (having prominent lips)
- bembudo adj (having prominent lips)
- bezudo adj (having prominent lips)
- contestón adj (having a tendency to talk back in a cheeky or impertinent manner)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
Don't give me any lip! I don't like how lippy you've been acting lately! Clean your room.
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No, it's [Tamil is] a happy, snappy, lippy, and loping lingo anyone can see just makes these guys happy to speak and hear.
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I hesitated another moment, then followed her with a vow that I would walk out the instant she got lippy. If she wanted to fire me, fine, I'd go, but I'd be damned if I'd let her lay any crap on me.
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