(SPEAK) [verb] [T] - mince words to say things carefully and not in a direct way, esp. in order not to upset peopleThe report does not mince words, describing the situation as 'ludicrous'.They are mincing no words in their criticism of the organizers of the event.Never a woman to mince (her) words, she describes the former minister as "self-centred and arrogant - a total pig".
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Meaning of MINCE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012