MEALYMOUTHED

Meaning of MEALYMOUTHED in English

adj.

Pronunciation: ' m ē -l ē - ˌ mau ̇ th d, - ˌ mau ̇ tht

Function: adjective

Date: circa 1572

: not plain and straightforward : DEVIOUS <a mealymouthed politician>

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MEALYMOUTHED — adjective Date: circa 1572 not plain and straightforward ; devious
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
MEALYMOUTHED — | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective 1. a. : unwilling to tell the truth in plain language : tending to cloak thoughts, ideas, or …
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MEALYMOUTHED — adj. insincere, slippery; of a person who speaks in a vague or indirect manner
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MEALYMOUTHED — adjective Date: circa 1572 : not plain and straightforward : devious a mealymouthed politician
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MEALYMOUTHED — [mealy.mouthed] adj (ca. 1572): not plain and straightforward: devious "a ~ politician"
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MEALYMOUTHED — Synonyms and related words : Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, abject, adulatory, affected, backscratching, beggarly, bland, blandishing, blarneying, bootlicking, buttery, cajoling, canting, …
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MEALYMOUTHED — mealymouthed сладкоречивый, неискренний
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MEALYMOUTHED — mealymouthed сладкоречивый, неискренний
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MEALYMOUTHEDNESS — noun see mealymouthed
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MEALYMOUTHEDLY — adverb see mealymouthed
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CON — I. ˈkän transitive verb ( conned ; conned ; conning ; cons ) Etymology: Middle English connen, alteration (influenced by …
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MEALYMOUTH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a mealymouthed person 2. dialect Britain : willow warbler
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MEALY — ˈmēlē, -li adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: meal (III) + -y 1. : having the qualities of or resembling meal …
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MEAL-MOUTHED — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ adjective : mealymouthed 1
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MAWWORM — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun 1. : a parasitic worm of the stomach or intestine ; especially : a parasitic nematode 2. : …
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MEALY-MOUTHED — — mealy-mouthedly /mee"lee mow'thid lee, -dhid-, -mowtht'-, -mowdhd'-/ , adv. — mealy-mouthedness , n. /mee"lee mowtht', -mowdhd'/ , adj. avoiding …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MEALY — adjective ( meal·i·er ; -est ) Date: 1591 1. : containing meal : farinaceous 2. : soft, dry, and friable …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
MEALY — [mealy] adj meal.i.er ; -est (1533) 1: soft, dry, and friable 2: containing meal: farinaceous 3 a: covered with meal …
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WHEEDLING — Synonyms and related words : adulation, adulatory, allurement, bland, blandishing, blandishment, blarney, blarneying, bunkum, buttery, buttonholing, cajolement, cajolery, cajoling, coaxing, …
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UNCTUOUS — Synonyms and related words : Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, adipose, adulatory, affected, bland, blandishing, blarneying, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, cajoling, canting, chrismal, …
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UNCANDID — Synonyms and related words : artful, calculating, casuistic, crafty, deceitful, dishonest, disingenuous, empty, falsehearted, forsworn, hollow, insincere, jesuitic, mealymouthed, perjured, …
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TRUCKLING
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TONGUE IN CHEEK — Synonyms and related words : casuistic, casuistry, crossed fingers, dishonest, disingenuous, disingenuousness, emptiness, empty, hollow, hollow mockery, hollowness, insincere, insincerity, …
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TOADYING
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SYCOPHANTIC — Synonyms and related words : abject, adulatory, backscratching, beggarly, bland, blandishing, blarneying, bootlicking, buttery, cajoling, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, cowering, crawling, …
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SPONGING
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SOPHISTICAL — Synonyms and related words : Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, apparently sound, arch, artful, astute, cagey, canny, casuistic, clever, colorable, crafty, cunning, …
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SOAPY — Synonyms and related words : adipose, adulatory, barmy, bland, blandishing, blarneying, blubbery, buttery, butyraceous, cajoling, chrismal, chrismatory, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, …
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SNIVELING — Synonyms and related words : Tartuffian, Tartuffish, abject, affected, backscratching, bawling, beggarly, blubbering, bootlicking, canting, cowering, crawling, cringing, crouching, cry, …
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SMOOTH TONGUED — Synonyms and related words : Ciceronian, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, Tullian, adulatory, articulate, bland, blandishing, blarneying, buttery, cajoling, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, disarming, …
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SMOOTH — Synonyms and related words : Ciceronian, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, Mickey Mouse, Tullian, accordant, acomous, acute, adipose, adulatory, agreeable, aid, …
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SMARMY — Synonyms and related words : adulatory, bland, blandishing, blarneying, buttery, cajoling, complimentary, courtierly, courtly, fair-spoken, fawning, fine-spoken, flattering, fulsome, glassy, …
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