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MEALY-MOUTHED

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• MEALY-MOUTHED (adjective)
The adjective MEALY-MOUTHED has 1 sense:

1. hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy

Familiarity information: MEALY-MOUTHED used as an adjective is very rare.

• MEALY-MOUTHED (adjective)

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Meaning:

Hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy

Synonyms:

mealy-mouthed; mealymouthed

Context example:

a mealymouthed politician

Similar:

indirect (extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action)

"A guilty conscience needs no accuser."
(English proverb)
"The stripes of a tiger are on the outside; the stripes of a person are on the inside."
(Bhutanese proverb)
"If two thieves quarreled, what was stolen emerges."
(Arabic proverb)
"Cover your candle, it will light more."
(Egyptian proverb)

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