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What is the adjective for toothy?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs tooth, teethe and toothbrush which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

toothpasty
  1. (informal) Smeared or covered with toothpaste.
  2. (informal) Having some characteristic of toothpaste, such as a gel-like consistency or mint flavour.
toothless
  1. Having no teeth.
  2. (figuratively) Weak, having no capability of enforcing something.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “His toothless argument failed to convince anyone in the courtroom.”
      “Cork's attack was toothless that day and, in a game that was stuffy for long enough, Tipperary's eight-point victory was comprehensive.”
      “The document it produced was toothless, consisting of many pious hopes and a few unenforceable targets.”
toothed
teethly
  1. (very rare, nonstandard) Of or pertaining to teeth; dental; full of teeth.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Her dental hygiene routine included brushing her teethly, flossing daily, and using mouthwash.”
teethlike
  1. Resembling teeth; toothlike.
toothy
  1. Having prominent teeth
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Home cooks may like his recipes for sourdough biscuits, fluff-duffs, son-of-a-gun stew, and other toothy dishes of the range.”
      “You'll need a selection of 15 lb, 25 lb, 60 lb and 100 lb wire, plus suitable crimps for the toothy critters.”
      “As he watched, a hatch motored open on the forward gunner's cupola and a helmeted visage favored him with a toothy, wolfish grin.”
toothlike
  1. Resembling a tooth or some aspect of one.
toothachey
  1. Alternative spelling of toothachy
toothpastey
  1. Alternative form of toothpasty
toothleted
  1. Having a toothlet or toothlets.
toothachy
  1. Suffering from a toothache.
toothbrushless
  1. Without a toothbrush.
toothier
  1. comparative form of toothy: more toothy
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Most female baboons have lost half an ear here, a swatch of pelt there, to the jealous fury of their much larger and toothier mates.”
      “Bears can be a problem even in regions with toothier fauna.”
      “When Lyndon Johnson pushed the much toothier Civil Rights Act of 1964 through Congress, he again did it over Thurmond's filibuster.”
toothiest
toothing
  1. present participle of tooth
teethed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of teethe
teething
  1. present participle of teethe
toothbrushed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of toothbrush
toothbrushing
  1. present participle of toothbrush
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