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falseness
false F0023700 (fôls)adj. fals·er, fals·est 1. Contrary to fact or truth: false tales of bravery.2. Deliberately untrue: delivered false testimony under oath.3. Arising from mistaken ideas: false hopes of writing a successful novel.4. Intentionally deceptive: a suitcase with a false bottom; false promises.5. Not keeping faith; treacherous: a false friend. See Synonyms at faithless.6. Not genuine or real: false teeth; false documents.7. Erected temporarily, as for support during construction.8. Resembling but not accurately or properly designated as such: a false thaw in January; the false dawn peculiar to the tropics.9. Music Of incorrect pitch.10. Unwise; imprudent: Don't make a false move or I'll shoot.11. Computers Indicating one of two possible values taken by a variable in Boolean logic or a binary device.adv. In a treacherous or faithless manner: play a person false.
[Middle English fals, from Old English, counterfeit, and from Old French, false, both from Latin falsus, from past participle of fallere, to deceive.]
false′ly adv.false′ness n.Trueness/Falseness - Deceptive as a cat’s fur —Margaret Atwood
- Deceptive as a Venus flytrap —Vivian Raynor, New York Times, February 27, 1987
Ms. Raynor’s simile refers to the fleeting and misleading resemblance of one artist’s work to another’s. - Deceptive as new paint on a second-hand car —Herbert V. Prochnow
- False as a lead coin —George Garrett
- Falser than a weeping crocodile —John Dryden
- Falser than malice in the mouth of envy —Mary Pin
- Good and true as morning —Babs H. Deal
- Right as rain —William Raymond
An older, less commonly used version from Shakespeare’s Richard III: “Right as snow in harvest.” - Ring as true as chapel bells on a windless morning —Anon
- Ring true, like good china —Sylvia Plath
- True as life itself —Louis Bromfield
- True as the dial to the sun —Barton Booth
- (I found him large as life and) true as the needle to the pole —Henry James
- True as the sky is blue —James Reiss
- True as truth —Louis Bromfield
- The true is stripped from the false like bone from meat —George Garrett
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | falseness - the state of being false or untrue; "argument could not determine its truth or falsity"falsityirreality, unreality - the state of being insubstantial or imaginary; not existing objectively or in factspuriousness - state of lacking genuineness | | 2. | falseness - unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherousfaithlessness, fickleness, inconstancyinfidelity, unfaithfulness - the quality of being unfaithful | | 3. | falseness - the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocriticalinsincerity, hollownesshypocrisy - insincerity by virtue of pretending to have qualities or beliefs that you do not really haveuntruthfulness - the quality of being untruthful |
falsenessnoun1. An erroneous or false idea:erroneousness, error, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, untruth.2. Betrayal, especially of a moral obligation:disloyalty, faithlessness, false-heartedness, falsity, infidelity, perfidiousness, perfidy, traitorousness, treacherousness, treachery, unfaithfulness.TranslationsEncyclopediaSeefalsefalseness
Synonyms for falsenessnoun an erroneous or false ideaSynonyms- erroneousness
- error
- fallacy
- falsehood
- falsity
- untruth
noun betrayal, especially of a moral obligationSynonyms- disloyalty
- faithlessness
- false-heartedness
- falsity
- infidelity
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- traitorousness
- treacherousness
- treachery
- unfaithfulness
Synonyms for falsenessnoun the state of being false or untrueSynonymsRelated Words- irreality
- unreality
- spuriousness
noun unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherousSynonyms- faithlessness
- fickleness
- inconstancy
Related Wordsnoun the quality of not being open or truthfulSynonymsRelated Words |