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Meanings of
untruth
in inglês
português
falsidade
catalão
falòrnia
espanhol
falsedad
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A false statement.
falsehood
falsity
truth
português
falsidade
A false statement made with the intention to deceive.
lie
prevarication
Synonyms
Examples for "
falsehood
"
falsehood
falsity
Examples for "
falsehood
"
1
The climax is in the deliberate
falsehood
contained in the closing words.
2
Say yes or no; one word will suffice; but beware of
falsehood
.
3
No virtue assists itself with
falsehood
;
truth is never matter of error.
4
Both are forms of
falsehood
,
ways of reducing and demeaning our humanity.
5
There is always a propriety in truth, and an impropriety in
falsehood
.
1
The causes of
falsity
I have set forth very clearly in II.
2
They scoffed and jeered at it; denounced it as a manifest
falsity
.
3
Yet the truth or
falsity
of the protest had not been investigated.
4
There is but one Truth and we can not establish a
falsity
.
5
Is not the truth of ignorance better than the
falsity
of superstition?
Usage of
untruth
in inglês
1
And anomalies accustom the mind to the idea of unreason and
untruth
.
2
But the senses witness to the
untruth
of what some maintain; viz.
3
He told the
untruth
unblushingly; it was by no means his first.
4
The closest she could come to
untruth
was to refrain from speaking.
5
Clearly that's a stereotypical
untruth
,
although that's never stopped the Fiver before.
6
Embarked on the toboggan slope of
untruth
the sailor slid smoothly downwards.
7
Yet the influence of the
untruth
will continue for many a year.
8
She would go on questioning; he could not tell her an
untruth
.
9
And she had disclaimed and buried the incident with a decisive
untruth
.
10
What manner of marriage could be built upon a foundation of
untruth
?
11
And Percival believed that to be an
untruth
equally with the other.
12
This surprising and ingenious
untruth
came from her without the slightest effort.
13
She would not be guilty of a wilful
untruth
for the world.
14
She was ready to believe an
untruth
rather than the incredible truth.
15
Bertie told her a deliberate
untruth
,
and she at once discovered it.
16
I trembled as I uttered an
untruth
,
for I said it was.
Other examples for "untruth"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
untruth
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
tell an untruth
wilful untruth
absolute untruth
deliberate untruth
obvious untruth
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Translations for
untruth
português
falsidade
mentira
catalão
falòrnia
falsia
falsedat
bola
mentida
trola
espanhol
falsedad
infundio
bola
trola
mentira
Untruth
through the time
Untruth
across language varieties
United Kingdom
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