believerb [ T ]
uk/bɪˈlaɪ/us/bɪˈlaɪ/present participle belying, past tense and past participle beliedto show something to be false, or to hide something such as an emotion:
Her calm face belied the terror she was feeling.
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Proving and disproving
- actions speak louder than words idiom
- attest
- authenticate
- back sb up
- bear witness (to sth) idiom
- burden
- catch
- colour
- documentary
- evidence
- explode
- explosion
- give the lie to sth idiom
- proof
- stick
- testament
- the acid test
- the burden of proof idiom
- undocumented
- unsubstantiated
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Not showing or feeling emotions