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mincing
adjective as in affected, pretentious
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“James Woods has a reputation in the business of not mincing words,” Breitbart posted in September 2013.
He also has a best supporting actor nomination for his mincing, lovestruck Olivia in Twelfth Night.
Stirling was never addicted to mincing matters, but Weston could not quite repress a grin.
I must venture to add, without mincing the matter, what I really believe, of this Book.
There were whisperings below, and apparently a hurried consultation, and then a young woman came mincing up the stairs.
After the world of politics, with its hair-splitting and word-mincing, it was good to be with soldiers—the men who do the work.
I have heard it said of ladies who walk with a mincing gait that "she steps out like a hen before day."
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On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mincing, such as: artificial, dainty, delicate, effeminate, fastidious, and finical.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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