mealy-mouthed (18 synonym found)

Mealy-mouthed has 18 synonyms. The top synonyms for mealy-mouthed are circumlocutory, periphrastic, hypocritical, equivocating, euphemistic, roundabout, reluctant, equivocal and 10 more. Browse the full list below.

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What is a synonym for mealy-mouthed?

A common synonym for mealy-mouthed is circumlocutory. Other synonyms include periphrastic, hypocritical, equivocating, euphemistic.

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Mealy-mouthed has 18 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does mealy-mouthed mean?

(adj): prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright Example: "the surliness with which the woodchopper speaks of his woods, handling them as indifferently as his axe, is b

Definition of mealy-mouthed:

(adj) : prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright
"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. -- Thoreau"
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Definition of mealy-mouthed:

(adj) : prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright
"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. -- Thoreau"
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