mealy-mouthed dans le dictionnaire italien Oxford-Paravia

Traductions de mealy-mouthed dans le dictionnaire anglais»italien

mealy-mouthed [GB ˈmiːlɪˌmaʊðd, Am ˈmiliˌmaʊðd, ˈmiliˌmaʊθt] ADJ

1. mealy-mouthed (insincere):

mealy-mouthed

ipocrita

mealy-mouthed

insincero

2. mealy-mouthed (soft-spoken):

mealy-mouthed

mellifluo

Traductions de mealy-mouthed dans le dictionnaire italien»anglais

insincero [insinˈtʃɛro] ADJ

insincero persona

insincere

insincero persona

mealy-mouthed

insincero complimento

insincere

insincero complimento

hypocritical

insincero commento, risposta

disingenuous

Exemples monolingues (non-vérifiés par l'équipe de rédaction)

anglais

Surely such mealy-mouthed excuse-making couldn't happen this time round, could it?

www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

That is one reason why all the bankers' crisis-related apologies seemed so mealy-mouthed.

www.telegraph.co.uk

This is yet another case of a school coming to the correct (and logically only) decision, but framing their answer in a rather mealy-mouthed fashion.

hotair.com

In those days there was no mealy-mouthed flimflam about qualifications to bear arms.

www.telegraph.co.uk

In his excellent autobiography, he admitted that mealy-mouthed underplaying of what was in fact clinical depression did him a disservice.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Many also described the eventual apology as mealy-mouthed.

www.cbc.ca

We can not mince words or become mealy-mouthed in this kind of encounter.

www.punchng.com

Pull the trigger, you mealy-mouthed piece of dirt.

itheedread.jezebel.com

However, what was encouraging was that the party didn't resist public pressure for too long or deflect attention through mealy-mouthed spokespersons or malicious cyber squads.

www.firstpost.com

And for what will sound like a very mealy-mouthed reason.

www.telegraph.co.uk