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belies

[bih-lahyz] / bɪˈlaɪz /

VERB

disprove

Synonyms

STRONGEST

contradict negate repudiate

STRONG

confute contravene controvert deny disagree explode gainsay negative oppose

WEAK

disaffirm

Antonyms

STRONGEST

approve

STRONG

affirm agree aid allow assist concur consent endorse go along harmonize help prove

WEAK

attest be honest

VERB

deceive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

distort gloss over mislead misstate

STRONG

color conceal disguise falsify garble hide misrepresent pervert twist warp

WEAK

give the lie to miscolor trump up

Antonyms

STRONG

disclose divulge expose lay bare let out open represent reveal show straighten tell uncover unmask

WEAK

attest be honest prove

Example Sentences

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H. When man is mute, how oft the spirit grieves, In clamorous woe! how oft the sparkling eye Belies the inward tear, where none can gaze!

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

One grasps an airy sword, a second holds Illusive fire, and in vain wanton folds Belies a flame; others, less kind, appear To let him blood, and from the purple tear Create a rose.

From Poems of Henry Vaughan, Silurist, Volume II by Chambers, E. K. (Edmund Kerchever)

Meanwhile yon brayer at full blast Belies my cause, ’Midst foolish jeers and foolisher applause; And preachers prose, and statesmen tinker on, And we—we starve in gold-choked Babylon!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, October 29, 1887 by Various