mincing

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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.

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How to use mincing in a sentence

  • 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.

    The Gold Trail | Harold Bindloss
  • 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.

    A Little Union Scout | Joel Chandler Harris
  • 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.

    The Relief of Mafeking | Filson Young
  • 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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