| 单词 | mealymouthed |
| 释义 | mealymouthed (once / 381269 pages) adj If your excuses for not finishing your homework range from acid rain to your dog eating it, your teacher may accuse you of being mealymouthed, i.e., not speaking frankly. When an apple or a peach is mealy, its texture has turned to mush — like bread, which is made from meal. No one likes to get a mouthful of that kind of apple or peach, and no one likes listening to someone who is mealymouthed either. To be mealymouthed is to be indirect and a tad sleazy. WORD FAMILYmealymouthed USAGE EXAMPLESBut they mealymouthed it about wanting him back and having a place for him on first and second downs and blah, blah, blah. Chicago Tribune(Mar 21, 2013) Supporting and respecting diversity and free discussion means more than caving to the squeakiest and craziest wheel, then issuing some mealymouthed corporate boilerplate. Time(Dec 12, 2011) All of which is compounded by NBC’s mealymouthed refusal to say that that’s essentially what this was. Time(Nov 14, 2011) adj hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy a mealymouthed politician Syn mealy-mouthed indirect extended senses; not direct in manner or language or behavior or action |
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