mealymouthed
a . 转弯抹角说的
转弯抹角说的
mealymouthed adj 1 :
hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e .
g .
timidity or hypocrisy ; "
a mealymouthed politician " [
synonym : {
mealymouthed }, {
mealy -
mouthed }]
Mealy -
mouthed \
Meal "
y -
mouthed `\,
a .
Using soft words ;
not straightforward ;
plausible ;
affectedly or timidly delicate of speech ;
speaking deviously ;
unwilling to tell the truth in plain language .
Opposite of {
frank }
or {
blunt }. "
Mealy -
mouthed philanthropies ." --
Tennyson .
[
1913 Webster ]
She was a fool to be mealy -
mouthed where nature speaks so plain . --
L '
Estrange .
[
1913 Webster ] -- {
Meal "
y -
mouth `
ness },
n .
[
1913 Webster ]
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mealymouthed ":
Pecksniffian ,
Tartuffian ,
Tartuffish ,
abject ,
adulatory ,
affected ,
backscratching ,
beggarly ,
bland ,
blandishing ,
blarneying ,
bootlicking ,
buttery ,
cajoling ,
canting ,
casuistic ,
complimentary ,
courtierly ,
courtly ,
cowering ,
crawling ,
cringing ,
crouching ,
dishonest ,
disingenuous ,
empty ,
fair -
spoken ,
false ,
fawning ,
fine -
spoken ,
flattering ,
footlicking ,
fulsome ,
goody ,
goody -
goody ,
groveling ,
gushing ,
hangdog ,
holier -
than -
thou ,
hollow ,
honey -
mouthed ,
honey -
tongued ,
honeyed ,
hypocritic ,
hypocritical ,
ingratiating ,
insincere ,
insinuating ,
jesuitic ,
obeisant ,
obsequious ,
oily ,
oily -
tongued ,
on bended knee ,
parasitic ,
pharisaic ,
pharisean ,
pietistic ,
pious ,
prostrate ,
sanctified ,
sanctimonious ,
self -
righteous ,
simon -
pure ,
slimy ,
slobbery ,
smarmy ,
smooth ,
smooth -
spoken ,
smooth -
tongued ,
sniveling ,
soapy ,
soft -
soaping ,
sponging ,
sycophantic ,
timeserving ,
toadeating ,
toadying ,
toadyish ,
tongue in cheek ,
truckling ,
uncandid ,
unctuous ,
unfrank ,
unserious ,
wheedling
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "
mealy -
mouthed ":
ambiguous ,
artful ,
circumlocutory ,
deceitful ,
equivocal ,
equivocating ,
euphemistic ,
hesitant ,
hypocritical ,
indirect ,
mincing ,
oily ,
periphrastic ,
reluctant ,
reticent ,
roundabout ,
slick ,
unctuous ,
vague
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