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mendacious
men·da·cious M0214500 (mĕn-dā′shəs)adj.1. Lying; untruthful: a mendacious child.2. False; untrue: a mendacious statement. See Synonyms at dishonest.
[From Latin mendācium, lie, from mendāx, mendāc-, mendacious.]
men·da′cious·ly adv.men•da•cious (mɛnˈdeɪ ʃəs)
adj. 1. telling lies, esp. habitually; dishonest. 2. false or untrue: a mendacious report. [1610–20; < Latin mendāx; see -acious] men•da′cious•ly, adv. men•da′cious•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | mendacious - given to lying; "a mendacious child"untruthful - not expressing or given to expressing the truth; "the statement given under oath was untruthful"; "an untruthful person" | | 2. | mendacious - intentionally untrue; "a mendacious statement"false - not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery" |
mendaciousadjective lying, false, untrue, fraudulent, dishonest, deceptive, deceitful, insincere, duplicitous, perjured, perfidious, fallacious, untruthful politicians issuing mendacious claims and counter-claims
true, genuine, honest, truthfulmendaciousadjectiveGiven to or marked by deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of the truth:deceitful, dishonest, lying, untruthful.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeedeceptionmendacious
Synonyms for mendaciousadj lyingSynonyms- lying
- false
- untrue
- fraudulent
- dishonest
- deceptive
- deceitful
- insincere
- duplicitous
- perjured
- perfidious
- fallacious
- untruthful
Antonyms- true
- genuine
- honest
- truthful
Synonyms for mendaciousadj given to or marked by deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of the truthSynonyms- deceitful
- dishonest
- lying
- untruthful
Words related to mendaciousadj given to lyingRelated Wordsadj intentionally untrueRelated Words |