Belie

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To give a false representation to; misrepresent: "He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility” ( James Joyce).
  • v. To show to be false; contradict: Their laughter belied their outward grief.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To lie around; encompass.
  • v. To surround; beleaguer.
  • v. To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.
  • v. To give a false representation or account of.
  • v. To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander.
  • v. To mimic; to counterfeit.
  • v. To fill with lies.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To lie around; encompass; especially, to lie around, as an army; beleaguer.
  • To tell lies concerning; calumniate by false reports.
  • To give the lie to; show to be false; contradict.
  • To act unworthily of; fail to equal or come up to; disappoint: as, to belie one's hopes or expectations.
  • To give a false representation of; conceal the true character of.
  • To fill with lies.
  • To counterfeit; mimic; feign resemblance to.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. represent falsely
  • v. be in contradiction with
  • Verb Form
    belied    belies    belying   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    diverge    deviate    depart    vary   
    Variant
    belying   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    calumniate    slander    mimic    counterfeit    defame    misrepresent    contradict    give lie to   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ai    Alai    Ally    Bi    Bligh    Bly    Brunei    Cai    Cy    Dai