mendacious
/men'deiʃəs/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Intentionally untrue; false: Describes a statement, account, or piece of information that is deliberately not true.
- Given to or characterized by deception or lying: Describes a person who habitually tells lies or a behavior that is deceitful.
Examples of Usage
Describing a statement:
- The politician was accused of making a mendacious claim about his opponent's record.
- The article was full of mendacious assertions designed to mislead the public.
Describing a person or character:
- He was known to be a mendacious individual whom no one could trust.
- The witness was exposed as thoroughly mendacious during the cross-examination.
Advanced Usage
"Mendacious propaganda": False information spread deliberately to promote a political cause or point of view.
- The regime controlled the media and spread mendacious propaganda to maintain power.
"A mendacious smile": A smile that is deceptive or hides a lie.
- She gave a mendacious smile while assuring us everything was fine.
Variants and Related Words
Mendacity (noun): The quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness.
- The mendacity of his testimony was shocking to the jury.
Mendaciously (adverb): In a mendacious manner.
- He mendaciously denied any involvement in the scheme.
Synonyms
- Dishonest: Behaving in a way that is not honest or fair.
- Deceitful: Guilty of or involving deceit; intended to mislead.
- Untruthful: Not telling the truth; dishonest.
- False: Not according with truth or fact; incorrect.
Antonyms
- Truthful: Telling or expressing the truth; honest.
- Honest: Free of deceit and untruthfulness; sincere.
- Veracious: Speaking or representing the truth.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- A tissue of lies: A story or account that is full of lies (a concept closely related to something mendacious).
- His alibi turned out to be a complete tissue of lies.
Adjective
- intentionally untrue
- a mendacious statement
- given to lying
- a mendacious child