单词 | falsehood |
释义 | falsehood[ fawls-hood ] / ˈfɔls hʊd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR falsehood ON THESAURUS.COM nouna false statement; lie. something false; an untrue idea, belief, etc.: The Nazis propagated the falsehood of racial superiority. the act of lying or making false statements. lack of conformity to truth or fact. Obsolete. deception. Origin of falsehoodFirst recorded in 1250–1300; from Middle English falsehead, falshede; see origin at false, -hood SYNONYMS FOR falsehood1 fabrication, prevarication, falsification, canard, invention, fiction, story. 4 untruthfulness, inveracity, mendacity. SEE SYNONYMS FOR falsehood ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for falsehood1. Falsehood, fib, lie, untruth refer to something untrue or incorrect. A falsehood is a statement that distorts or suppresses the truth, in order to deceive: to tell a falsehood about one's ancestry in order to gain acceptance. A fib denotes a trivial falsehood, and is often used to characterize that which is not strictly true: a polite fib. A lie is a vicious falsehood: to tell a lie about one's neighbor. An untruth is an incorrect statement, either intentionally misleading (less harsh, however, than falsehood or lie) or arising from misunderstanding or ignorance: I'm afraid you are telling an untruth. Words nearby falsehoodfalse fruit, false-hearted, false hellebore, false hematuria, false hermaphroditism, falsehood, false horizon, false image, false imprisonment, false indigo, false joint Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for falsehoodBritish Dictionary definitions for falsehoodfalsehood / (ˈfɔːlsˌhʊd) / nounthe quality of being untrue an untrue statement; lie the act of deceiving or lying 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 |
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