as in double
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
a mealymouthed compliment from a jealous competitor
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Recent Examples of mealymouthed
The problem is that fears of getting yelled at on social media lead to the kind of mealymouthed compromise no one wants.
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Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
The mealymouthed Dave Chappelle has even suggested that Ye’s turn to conspiracy thinking is an understandable reaction to Jewish prominence in Hollywood.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
2 Dec. 2022
But that word can be a mealymouthed way to describe housing that is still out of reach for low-income New Yorkers, and Won knows that better than most.
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Curbed,
23 Nov. 2022
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Mar. 2025
The mealymouthed Dave Chappelle has even suggested that Ye’s turn to conspiracy thinking is an understandable reaction to Jewish prominence in Hollywood.
—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
2 Dec. 2022
But that word can be a mealymouthed way to describe housing that is still out of reach for low-income New Yorkers, and Won knows that better than most.
—
Curbed,
23 Nov. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mealymouthed
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Taylor Walls recorded three hits while Chandler Simpson added a double and a single.
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Resting options include double bunk beds in back and queen bed with bamboo mattress up front.
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First was a Drug Enforcement Administration badge and ID with Horsch’s photo on it, but the ID was fake, and Horsch has never worked for the DEA, according to court documents.
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This game preserves the difficulty of coming up with an elaborate, consistent false narrative on the spot, and the challenge of adapting that narrative on the fly when other players present convincing (and sometimes fake) counter-evidence.
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Then there’s the risk of higher frustration and strained relationships across an organization.
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But for Chris Williams, an 18-year employee of the California Department of Education, the contentious return-to-office process may have teed up a strained relationship with downtown.
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The intuitive hollow center cylinder is raised high enough to prevent pots and dishes from blocking the drain.
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Under its short brownish hairs are hollow spines that connect to toxin glands.
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Unless, of course, one apple is giant, glossy, improbably red, but also covered in pesticides, while the other is smaller, organic, perhaps a bit mealy in parts, but better for you in the ways that matter most.
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This occurred one week before West and Amanda publicly announced their situationship on Instagram in a mealy-mouthed statement that sounded like it was written by ChatGPT.
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The prediction market order in particular appeared to be a backhanded callout of the recent eyebrow-raising bets on the strikes in Iran and the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, which some critics have cited as signs of potential insider trading.
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Byfield heaved a backhanded centering pass to the rear post for a redirection by Moore, the Kings’ first goal of the playoffs from someone other than Panarin.
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Or means that any comments are supposedly hypocritical.
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Earlier this month, Matsui’s campaign came after Vang for taking corporate donations from Sacramento-area businesses during her city council campaigns, implying that Vang’s vows to not accept money from corporate PACs in her congressional bid is hypocritical.
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During her feigned pregnancy, Stephanie Ott, one of Griffin’s friends who had grown suspicious of Parker, called the clinic to ask about her.
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ThinkTechAct’s founder, Mahad Ibrahim, pleaded guilty to defrauding the free food reimbursement system through his feigned nonprofit group as part of the Feeding Our Future network.
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“Mealymouthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mealymouthed. Accessed 2 Jul. 2026.
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