mealy-mouthed

Английский Язык - Турецкий язык

Определение mealy-mouthed в Английский Язык Турецкий язык словарь

samimiyetsiz

riyakâr

yaltak

Связанные Термины

mealymouthed

yalandan tatlı dilli

mealy mouthed

yapmacık tatlı dilli

mealy mouthed

samimiyetsiz

mealymouthed

samimiyetsiz

Английский Язык - Английский Язык

Определение mealy-mouthed в Английский Язык Английский Язык словарь

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

Связанные Термины

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

Расстановка переносов

meal·y-mouthed

Этимология

() Possibly from German via Martin Luther