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Definition/Meaning

(adjective)

cunning and deceptive, not frank or straightforward;

e.g. They tend to be mealymouthed and insincere when they are about to betray someone.

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Similar Words

Artificial

Assuming

Backhand

Backhanded

Counterfeit

Cutesy

Double

Double-dealing

Double-faced

Fake

Feigned

Glib

Hypocritical

Insincere

Janus-faced

Jive

Lip

Phony

Smooth-tongued

Two

Unctuous

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Opposite Words

Abrupt

Artless

Bluff

Blunt

Brusque

Direct

Downright

Forthright

Frank

Genuine

Guileless

Heart-to-heart

Heartfelt

Honest

Natural

Open

Plain

Point-blank

Real

Short

Sincere

Straightforward

True

Unaffected

Unfeigned

Unpretentious

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Related Words

Affected

Artful

Artificial

Assumed

Beguiling

Bogus

Cagey

Canting

Claptrap

Contrived

Crafty

Cunning

Cute

Deceitful

Designing

Devious

Dishonest

Dodgy

Empty

Facetious

Facile

Factitious

Fake

False

Feigned

Forced

Foxy

Fulsome

Glib

Gushy

Hagiographic

Hollow

Jocular

Meaningless

Mechanical

Mendacious

Mock

Oily

Oleaginous

Pharisaical

Phony

Pious

Plastic

Pseudo

Put-on

Sanctimonious

Scheming

Self-righteous

Sham

Shrewd

Simon-pure

Simulated

Slick

Sly

Slyly

Spurious

Strained

Subtle

Superficial

Tongue-in-cheek

Tricky

Unctuous

Unnatural

Untruthful

Wily

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