Don't be mealy-mouthed, just say what you mean.
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Mealy-mouthed
Synonyms for "mealy-mouthed" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (7)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (13)
Related word relations
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Translations
12 translations across 6 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- неискрен adj (not forthright)
Dutch
1 entries- huichelachtig adj (not forthright)
French
1 entries- hypocrite adj (not forthright)
German
4 entries- ausweichend adj (not forthright)
- gewunden adj (not forthright)
- mit mehligem Mund adj (not forthright)
- sich windend adj (not forthright)
Hungarian
1 entries- köntörfalazó adj (not forthright)
Russian
4 entries- виля́ющий adj (not forthright)
- двули́чный adj (not forthright)
- неи́скренний adj (not forthright)
- укло́нчивый adj (not forthright)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The surliness with which the woodchopper speaks of his woods, handling them as indifferently as his axe, is better than the mealy-mouthed enthusiasm of the lover of nature.
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The editors engage in mealy-mouthed apologetics, setting up Orthodox Jews as agents of gentrification, yet they fail to note that it is not white hipsters being beaten but longtime residents of Williamsburg and Crown Heights.
Source: wiktionary
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