Englisch - Türkisch
Definition von mealy-mouthed im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch
- samimiyetsiz
- riyakâr
- yaltak
- mealymouthed
- yalandan tatlı dilli
- mealy mouthed
- yapmacık tatlı dilli
- mealy mouthed
- samimiyetsiz
- mealymouthed
- samimiyetsiz
Relevante Übersetzungen
Englisch - Englisch
Definition von mealy-mouthed im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
- prone to speaking evasively, indirectly, or duplicitously; not forthright
The surliness with which the woodchopper speaks of his woods, handling them as indifferently as his axe, is better than the mealy-mouthed enthusiasm of the lover of nature. -- Thoreau.
- afraid to express facts or opinions plainly
- hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e g timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician"
- disapproval If you say that someone is being mealy-mouthed, you are critical of them for being unwilling to speak in a simple or open way because they want to avoid talking directly about something unpleasant. He repeated that he did not intend to be mealy-mouthed with the country's leaders. not brave enough or honest enough to say clearly and directly what you really think - used in order to show disapproval
- mealymouthed
- {a} unable to speak freely, bashful
- mealymouthed
- hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e g timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician"
- mealymouthed
- timidity or hypocrisy; "a mealymouthed politician
- mealymouthed
- hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e
- mealymouthed
- {s} insincere, slippery; of a person who speaks in a vague or indirect manner
- mealymouthed
- Using soft words; plausible; affectedly or timidly delicate of speech; unwilling to tell the truth in plain language
Relevante Übersetzungen
mealy-mouthed
Silbentrennung
meal·y-mouthedAussprache
Etymologie
() Possibly from German via Martin LutherResimler
Historie
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