belie

[ bih-lahy ]

/ bɪˈlaɪ /

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verb (used with object), be·lied, be·ly·ing.

to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.

to misrepresent: The newspaper belied the facts.

to act unworthily according to the standards of (a tradition, one's ancestry, one's faith, etc.).

Archaic. to lie about; slander.

Origin of belie

First recorded before 1000; Middle English belyen,Old English belēogan.see origin at be-, lie¹

SYNONYMS FOR belie

1 refute, disprove, controvert, repudiate, confute, gainsay.

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ANTONYMS FOR belie

1 prove, verify, support.

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1, 2. See misrepresent.

OTHER WORDS FROM belie

be·li·er, nounun·be·lied, adjective

Words nearby belie

Belgorod-Dnestrovsky, Belgrade, Belgrano, Belgravia, Belial, belie, belief, believe, believe it or not, believe one's ears, believing

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Example sentences from the Web for belie

This obviously contributes to under-reporting and may belie the campus' safety records.
No Rapes On Campus? No Way.|Emily Shire|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Those questions are what belie the real problem with effort.
‘Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse’ Review: We. We Are Underwhelmed|Kevin Fallon|May 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The broad sweep of The Sleepwalkers seems at first to belie its central thesis.
The Utterly Pointless First World War|Michael F. Bishop|May 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Iott says his antics are “purely historical” and belie neither interest nor belief in the tenets of National Socialism.
The Daily Beast 2010 Political Awards|Samuel P. Jacobs|December 21, 2010|DAILY BEAST

I feel that these anecdotes seem to belie her exquisite refinement, the rapidity and delicacy of her mental movement.
Some Diversions of a Man of Letters|Edmund William Gosse
In two hours it was not hard to discover that Beardsley's appearance did not belie him.
Aubrey Beardsley|Robert Ross
Would it not be fatally inconsistent in a Liberal statesman to override every Liberal maxim and belie every Liberal profession?
Atlantic Monthly,Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864|Various
To say that Miss Todd blushed would be to belie the general rosiness of that lady's complexion.
The Bertrams|Anthony Trollope
She did not belie her name as she shot forward, firing from her after-guns as she did so.
The Dreadnought of the Air|Percy F. Westerman

British Dictionary definitions for belie

belie

/ (bɪˈlaɪ) /

verb -lies, -lying or -lied (tr)

to show to be untrue; contradict

to misrepresent; disguise the nature ofthe report belied the real extent of the damage

to fail to justify; disappoint

Derived forms of belie

belier, noun

Word Origin for belie

Old English belēogan; related to Old Frisian biliuga, Old High German biliugan; see be-, lie 1

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单词	belie
释义	belie [ bih-lahy ] / bɪˈlaɪ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR belie ON THESAURUS.COM verb (used with object), be·lied, be·ly·ing. to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice. to misrepresent: The newspaper belied the facts. to act unworthily according to the standards of (a tradition, one's ancestry, one's faith, etc.). Archaic. to lie about; slander. Origin of belie First recorded before 1000; Middle English belyen,Old English belēogan.see origin at be-, lie¹ SYNONYMS FOR belie 1 refute, disprove, controvert, repudiate, confute, gainsay. SEE SYNONYMS FOR belie ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR belie 1 prove, verify, support. SEE ANTONYMS FOR belie ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for belie 1, 2. See misrepresent. OTHER WORDS FROM belie be·li·er, nounun·be·lied, adjective Words nearby belie Belgorod-Dnestrovsky, Belgrade, Belgrano, Belgravia, Belial, belie, belief, believe, believe it or not, believe one's ears, believing Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for belie This obviously contributes to under-reporting and may belie the campus' safety records. No Rapes On Campus? No Way.\|Emily Shire\|July 5, 2014\|DAILY BEAST Those questions are what belie the real problem with effort. ‘Me. I Am Mariah…The Elusive Chanteuse’ Review: We. We Are Underwhelmed\|Kevin Fallon\|May 27, 2014\|DAILY BEAST The broad sweep of The Sleepwalkers seems at first to belie its central thesis. The Utterly Pointless First World War\|Michael F. Bishop\|May 22, 2013\|DAILY BEAST Iott says his antics are “purely historical” and belie neither interest nor belief in the tenets of National Socialism. The Daily Beast 2010 Political Awards\|Samuel P. Jacobs\|December 21, 2010\|DAILY BEAST I feel that these anecdotes seem to belie her exquisite refinement, the rapidity and delicacy of her mental movement. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters\|Edmund William Gosse In two hours it was not hard to discover that Beardsley's appearance did not belie him. Aubrey Beardsley\|Robert Ross Would it not be fatally inconsistent in a Liberal statesman to override every Liberal maxim and belie every Liberal profession? Atlantic Monthly,Volume 14, No. 82, August, 1864\|Various To say that Miss Todd blushed would be to belie the general rosiness of that lady's complexion. The Bertrams\|Anthony Trollope She did not belie her name as she shot forward, firing from her after-guns as she did so. The Dreadnought of the Air\|Percy F. Westerman British Dictionary definitions for belie belie / (bɪˈlaɪ) / verb -lies, -lying or -lied (tr) to show to be untrue; contradict to misrepresent; disguise the nature ofthe report belied the real extent of the damage to fail to justify; disappoint Derived forms of belie belier, noun Word Origin for belie Old English belēogan; related to Old Frisian biliuga, Old High German biliugan; see be-, lie 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to belie negate, contradict, repudiate, mislead, misstate, distort, gloss over, contravene, deny, disagree, negative, explode, controvert, oppose, confute, gainsay, pervert, hide, disguise, color
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belie

verb (used with object), be·lied, be·ly·ing.

Origin of belie

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synonym study for belie

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British Dictionary definitions for belie

verb -lies, -lying or -lied (tr)

Derived forms of belie

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