1. Hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
   "a mealymouthed politician"
   - mealy-mouthed

See also: indirect

• deflagrate
• deflagration
• deflate
• deflated
• deflation
• deflationary
• deflationary spiral
• deflator
• deflect
• deflection
• deflective
• deflector
• deflexed
• deflexion
• defloration
• deflower
• Defoe
• defog
• defogger
• defoliant
• defoliate
• defoliated
• defoliation
• defoliator
• deforce