'mealymouthed' definitions:
Definition of 'mealymouthed'
(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]
Synonyms of 'mealymouthed'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abject,
- adulatory,
- affected,
- backscratching,
- beggarly,
- bland,
- blandishing,
- blarneying,
- bootlicking,
- buttery,
- cajoling,
- canting,
- casuistic,
- complimentary,
- courtierly,
- courtly,
- cowering,
- crawling,
- cringing,
- crouching,
- dishonest,
- disingenuous,
- empty,
- fair-spoken,
- false,
- fawning,
- fine-spoken,
- flattering,
- footlicking,
- fulsome,
- goody,
- goody-goody,
- groveling,
- gushing,
- hangdog,
- holier-than-thou,
- hollow,
- honey-mouthed,
- honey-tongued,
- honeyed,
- hypocritic,
- hypocritical,
- ingratiating,
- insincere,
- insinuating,
- jesuitic,
- obeisant,
- obsequious,
- oily,
- oily-tongued,
- on bended knee,
- parasitic,
- Pecksniffian,
- pharisaic,
- pharisean,
- pietistic,
- pious,
- prostrate,
- sanctified,
- sanctimonious,
- self-righteous,
- simon-pure,
- slimy,
- slobbery,
- smarmy,
- smooth,
- smooth-spoken,
- smooth-tongued,
- sniveling,
- soapy,
- soft-soaping,
- sponging,
- sycophantic,
- Tartuffian,
- Tartuffish,
- timeserving,
- toadeating,
- toadying,
- toadyish,
- tongue in cheek,
- truckling,
- uncandid,
- unctuous,
- unfrank,
- unserious,
- wheedling