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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -mealy-mouthed-, *mealy-mouthed*, mealy-mouth, mealy-mouthe
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
mealy-mouthed(adj) ซึ่งพูดอ้อมค้อม

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
mealy-mouthed(มี'ลีเมาธฺ, -เมาทฺ') adj. พูดอ้อม ๆ แอ้ม ๆ , ไม่พูดตรงไปตรงมา.

WordNet (3.0)
mealymouthed(adj) hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy, Syn. mealy-mouthed

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Mealy-moutheda. 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]

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
mealy-mouthed

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