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truth
truth /truːθ /
noun
(plural truths /truːðz, truːθs/)
[mass noun] the quality or state of being true:
he had to accept the truth of her accusation.
(also the truth) that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality:
truth /truːθ /
noun(plural truths /truːðz, truːθs/)
[mass noun] the quality or state of being true:
he had to accept the truth of her accusation.
(also the truth) that which is true or in accordance with fact or reality:
obfuscate /ˈɒbfʌskeɪt /
verb [with object] make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible:
the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins.
bewilder (someone):
the new rule is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them.
verb [with object] make obscure, unclear, or unintelligible:the spelling changes will deform some familiar words and obfuscate their etymological origins.
bewilder (someone):the new rule is more likely to obfuscate people than enlighten them.
evade /ɪˈveɪd /
verb [with object] escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery:
friends helped him to evade capture for a time.
avoid giving a direct answer to (a question):
he denied evading the question.
verb [with object] escape or avoid (someone or something), especially by guile or trickery:friends helped him to evade capture for a time.
avoid giving a direct answer to (a question):he denied evading the question.
mendacious /mɛnˈdeɪʃəs /
adjective not telling the truth; lying:
mendacious propaganda.
– DERIVATIVES
mendaciously adverb
mendaciousness noun
– ORIGIN early 17th century : from Latin mendax, mendac- ‘lying’ (related to mendum ‘fault’) + -ious.
adjective not telling the truth; lying:mendacious propaganda.
– DERIVATIVES
mendaciously adverb
mendaciousness noun
– ORIGIN early 17th century : from Latin mendax, mendac- ‘lying’ (related to mendum ‘fault’) + -ious.
lie(2) /lʌɪ /
noun an intentionally false statement:
they hint rather than tell outright lies
the whole thing is a pack of lies.
used with reference to a situation involving deception or founded on a mistaken impression:
all their married life she had been living a lie.
noun an intentionally false statement:they hint rather than tell outright lies
the whole thing is a pack of lies.
used with reference to a situation involving deception or founded on a mistaken impression:all their married life she had been living a lie.
bastard /ˈbɑːstəd, ˈbastəd/
noun
1-informal an unpleasant or despicable person:
he lied to me, the bastard!
British informal a difficult or awkward undertaking, situation, or device:
it's been a bastard of a week.
2-archaic or derogatory a person
noun1-informal an unpleasant or despicable person:
he lied to me, the bastard!
British informal a difficult or awkward undertaking, situation, or device:it's been a bastard of a week.
2-archaic or derogatory a person
