About The Word Mealy-mouthed
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Mealy-mouthed
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What's The Definition Of Mealy-mouthed?
[adj] hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Mealy-mouthed: indirect | mealymouthed Related Terms | Find terms related to Mealy-mouthed: ambiguous | artful | circumlocutory | deceitful | equivocal | equivocating | euphemistic | hesitant | hypocritical | indirect | mincing | oily | periphrastic | reluctant | reticent | roundabout | slick | unctuous | vague See Also | Mealy-mouthed In Webster's Dictionary \Meal"y-mouthed`\, a.
Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate
of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language.
``Mealy-mouthed philanthropies.'' --Tennyson.
She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks
so plain. --L'Estrange.
-- {Meal"y-mouth`ness}, n.
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