'Mealy-mouthed' definitions:
Definition of 'mealy-mouthed'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician" [syn: mealymouthed, mealy-mouthed]
Definition of 'Mealy-mouthed'
From: GCIDE
- Mealy-mouthed \Meal"y-mouthed`\, a. Using soft words; not straightforward; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; speaking deviously; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language. Opposite of frank or blunt. "Mealy-mouthed philanthropies." --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- She was a fool to be mealy-mouthed where nature speaks so plain. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster] -- {Meal"y-mouth`ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mealy-mouthed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambiguous,
- artful,
- circumlocutory,
- deceitful,
- equivocal,
- equivocating,
- euphemistic,
- hesitant,
- hypocritical,
- indirect,
- mincing,
- oily,
- periphrastic,
- reluctant,
- reticent,
- roundabout,
- slick,
- unctuous,
- vague