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单词 lying
释义

lying1

/ˈlʌɪɪŋ /
verb
Present participle of lie1.

Rhymes

lying2

/ˈlʌɪɪŋ /
verb
present participle of lie2.
adjective
Not telling the truth: he’s a lying, cheating, snake in the grass...
  • Getting out of that situation was the absolute nadir of my barefaced lying career.
  • This fear of God's rejection is not only caused by the lying accusations of the devil.
  • I SO much want to tell him what a lying bastard he is and how much his hostile betrayal hurt me.

Synonyms

untruthful, false, dishonest, mendacious, perfidious, deceitful, deceiving, deceptive, duplicitous, dissimulating, dissembling, double-dealing, two-faced, Janus-faced, guileful, underhand, disingenuous
informal crooked, bent, sneaky, tricky
archaic hollow-hearted

Derivatives

lyingly

adverb ...
  • Immigration has reached ‘a crunch point,’ he lyingly claimed, before extolling the draconian measures already taken by his government to restrict immigration.
  • Days later the army arrives with the coffin, pompously and lyingly informing the family that ‘the deceased was the victim of a terrorist attack.’
  • ‘I'd have to talk to my mom, but it sounds fun’ said Jacob half lyingly.
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