Mendacious

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Lying; untruthful: a mendacious child.
  • adj. False; untrue: a mendacious statement. See Synonyms at dishonest.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. lying, untruthful or dishonest
  • adj. false or untrue
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Given to deception or falsehood; lying.
  • adj. False; counterfeit; containing falsehood.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Given to lying; speaking falsely; falsifying.
  • Having the character of a lie; false; untrue: as, a mendacious report; mendacious legends.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. intentionally untrue
  • adj. given to lying
  • Equivalent
    false    untruthful   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    lying    false    counterfeit   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Ignatius    audacious    capacious    ceraceous    crustaceous   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scurrilous    calumnious    perfidious    untrue    uncandid