|
mealymouthed a. 轉彎抹角說的 轉彎抹角說的 mealymouthed adj 1: hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e. g. timidity or hypocrisy; " a mealymouthed politician" [ synonym: { mealymouthed}, { mealy- mouthed}] 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] 86 Moby Thesaurus words for " mealymouthed": Pecksniffian, Tartuffian, Tartuffish, 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, 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, timeserving, toadeating, toadying, toadyish, tongue in cheek, truckling, uncandid, unctuous, unfrank, unserious, wheedling
19 Moby Thesaurus words for " mealy- mouthed": ambiguous, artful, circumlocutory, deceitful, equivocal, equivocating, euphemistic, hesitant, hypocritical, indirect, mincing, oily, periphrastic, reluctant, reticent, roundabout, slick, unctuous, vague
|
安裝中文字典英文字典查詢工具!
中文字典英文字典工具:
英文字典中文字典相關資料:
|