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 Definitions of mincing  [ˈmɪn sɪŋ]  

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Definition of 'mincing' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) mincing
affectedly dainty, or elegant:
mincing steps.

Etymology:  (1520–30)

Definition of 'mincing' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) dainty, mincing, niminy-piminy, prim, twee
affectedly dainty or refined


Definition of 'mincing' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) mincing
that minces; characterized by primness or affected nicety


Translation of 'mincing' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: too dainty or prim
He walked with little mincing steps.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: trippelend Arabic flag Arabic: فَرْم Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: превзет
Brazilian flag Brazilian: afetado Czech flag Czech: droboučký, afektovaný German flag German: geziert
Danish flag Danish: trippende Greek flag Greek: λεπτεπίλεπτος, ντελικάτος Spanish flag Spanish: afectado, amanerado
Estonian flag Estonian: kehkjas Farsi flag Farsi: ناز دار Finnish flag Finnish: sipsuttava
French flag French: affecté Hebrew flag Hebrew: טוֹפֵף בַּהֲלִיכָה Hindi flag Hindi: कोमल
Croatian flag Croatian: usiljen Hungarian flag Hungarian: finomkodó Indonesian flag Indonesian: jingkat-jingkat
Icelandic flag Icelandic: tilgerðarlegur Italian flag Italian: affettato Japanese flag Japanese: 気取った
Korean flag Korean: (행동 등이) 뽐내는, 으스대는 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: pernelyg manieringas Latvian flag Latvian: pārlieku manierīgs
Malay flag Malay: jingkat-jingkat Dutch flag Dutch: geaffecteerd Norwegian flag Norwegian: tertefin, svinsende
Polish flag Polish: afektowany, nienaturalny Persian flag Persian: به خرام، ناز دار Pashto flag Pashto: په رو رو قدم وهل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: afectado Romanian flag Romanian: afectat Russian flag Russian: семенящий
Slovak flag Slovak: drob(n)učký; afektovaný Slovenian flag Slovenian: izumetničen Serbian flag Serbian: izveštačen
Swedish flag Swedish: tillgjord, trippande Thai flag Thai: ซึ่งมีมารยาท Turkish flag Turkish: kırıtkan
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 故作斯文的,忸怩作態的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: манірничаючий; манірний Urdu flag Urdu: ناز و انداز والا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: õng ẹo Chinese flag Chinese: 装腔作势的

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