mendacious
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mendacious
- /mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/
Rhymes with -eɪʃəs
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium (“lie, untruth”), from mendāx (“lying”), + -ious.
adjective more mendacious · most mendacious
- Lying, untruthful or dishonest. He was dismissed as a mendacious witness.
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False or untrue.
mendacious propaganda
Similar: bastard, counterfactual, erroneous, fallacious, false, off, counterfeit, fictitious, inaccurate, incorrect, invented, made up
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adj lying, untruthful or dishonest
| Español | mentiroso, embustero, mendaz, mendigo, mendiga |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 虚偽の kyogi no, 不正直 fushōjiki |
| 中文 | 說謊的 /说谎的 shuōhuǎng de |
| Português | mentiroso, mendaz |
| Français | fallacieux, mensonger, trompeur |
| Deutsch | lügnerisch, verlogen, unwahr |
| Italiano | mendace, menzognero, bugiardo |
| Ελληνικά | αναληθής analithís |
| Română | mincinos |
| Русский | лжи́вый lžívyj |
| العربية | كَاذِب kāḏib |
| עברית | שקרן, לא ישר |
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title = {mendacious},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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