weasel worded

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• weasel-worded — adjective evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement • Syn: ↑hedged • Similar to: ↑qualified * * * | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|wərdə̇d adjective Etymology: weasel word + ed : containing weasel words : phrased with deliberate ambiguity : lacking… …   Useful english dictionary

• weasel-worded — adj evasive, hedging, mealy mouthed, noncommital, equivocal, ambiguous, vague; indirect, circuitous, roundabout, circumlocutory, periphrastic; misleading, deceiving, deceptive, tricky, full of small or fine print, catchy; subtle, oversubtle,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

• weasel word — weasel worded, adj. a word used to temper the forthrightness of a statement; a word that makes one s views equivocal, misleading, or confusing. [1895 1900, Amer.] * * * …   Universalium

• weasel word — noun an equivocal qualification; a word used to avoid making an outright assertion • Hypernyms: ↑reservation, ↑qualification * * * noun Etymology: weasel (I) + word; from the weasel s reputed habit of sucking the contents out of an egg white… …   Useful english dictionary

• hedged — adjective evasively worded in order to avoid an unqualified statement • Syn: ↑weasel worded • Similar to: ↑qualified …   Useful english dictionary

• wea|sel-word|ed — «WEE zuhl WUR dihd», adjective. Informal. worded in an evasive way: »mutual defense, a weasel worded device for committing further follies by a more palatable name (Wall Street Journal) …   Useful english dictionary

• hedged — adj. [p. p. from {hedge}, v. i. [3].] qualified; limited or restricted; as, a hedged promise. Syn: weasel worded. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• equivocal — Synonyms and related words: agnostic, amalgamated, ambagious, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, amphibolic, amphibological, amphibolous, antinomic, blended, borderline, capricious, chancy, changeable, circumlocutory, clear as mud, clouded,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• evasive — Synonyms and related words: ambiguous, amoral, bickering, cagey, captious, casuistic, caviling, choplogic, close, closemouthed, conscienceless, corrupt, corrupted, criminal, crooked, cunning, dark, deceitful, devious, discreet, dishonest,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• ambiguous — adj 1. equivocal, Logic. amphibolous, paradoxical, duplicitous; ironic, two edged, ambivalent, multi leveled, figurative, suggestive, symbolic; misleading, roundabout, circuitous, ambagious, hedging, weasel worded. 2. doubtful, dubious, left… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder