mendacious

  • 31mendaciously — mendacious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ untruthful. DERIVATIVES mendaciously adverb mendacity noun. ORIGIN Latin mendax lying …

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  • 32mendacity — mendacious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ untruthful. DERIVATIVES mendaciously adverb mendacity noun. ORIGIN Latin mendax lying …

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  • 33dishonest — dishonest, deceitful, mendacious, lying, untruthful are comparable especially when applying to persons, their utterances, and their acts and meaning deficient in honesty and unworthy of trust or belief. Dishonest may apply to any breach of… …

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  • 34dishonest — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French deshoneste, from des dis + honeste honest Date: 14th century 1. obsolete shameful, unchaste 2. characterized by lack of truth, honesty, or trustworthiness ; unfair …

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  • 35men|da´cious|ness — men|da|cious «mehn DAY shuhs», adjective. 1. lying; untruthful; given to telling lies. »The mendacious beggar told a different tale of woe at every house. SYNONYM(S): dishonest. 2. false; untrue: »a mendacious report, mendacious rumors …

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  • 36men|da´cious|ly — men|da|cious «mehn DAY shuhs», adjective. 1. lying; untruthful; given to telling lies. »The mendacious beggar told a different tale of woe at every house. SYNONYM(S): dishonest. 2. false; untrue: »a mendacious report, mendacious rumors …

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  • 37men|da|cious — «mehn DAY shuhs», adjective. 1. lying; untruthful; given to telling lies. »The mendacious beggar told a different tale of woe at every house. SYNONYM(S): dishonest. 2. false; untrue: »a mendacious report, mendacious rumors …

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  • 38Chinese zodiac — The 12 Chinese zodiac jade figurines. Shengxiao or Chinese Zodiac …

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  • 39false — adj 1: not genuine, authentic, or legitimate compare counterfeit 2 a: not true or correct; esp: intentionally or knowingly untrue or incorrect injured by false accusations b: intended to mislead or deceive: decept …

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  • 40fictitious — fic·ti·tious adj 1: of, relating to, or characteristic of a legal fiction 2: false fic·ti·tious·ly adv fic·ti·tious·ness n Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law …

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