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Syllable division and stress derived from spelling — this word is not in the pronouncing dictionary, so no phonetic transcription is shown rather than a guessed one.
mealy-mouthed is an adjective meaning "hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy". It carries one recorded sense.
hesitant to state facts or opinions simply and directly as from e.g. timidity or hypocrisy
“a mealymouthed politician”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mealy-mouthed come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.