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synonyms for lying

  • misleading
  • dissembling
  • dissimulating
  • double-crossing
  • double-dealing
  • equivocating
  • falsifying
  • fibbing
  • inventing
  • misrepresenting
  • misstating
  • prevaricating
  • two-timing
  • wrong
  • committing perjury
  • deceitful
  • deceptive
  • delusive
  • delusory
  • false
  • guileful
  • mendacious
  • perfidious
  • shifty
  • treacherous
  • tricky
  • two-faced
  • unreliable
  • untruthful
See also synonyms for: lyings
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antonyms for lying

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  • honest
  • direct
  • frank
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We found the patient lying in bed, contracted and shivering, so short of breath he could barely speak.
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What is worse than his lying is the number of people who believe him even when the truth is placed in front of them.
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In general, the vast majority of his lying as president has been ad-libbed.
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She also wasn’t punished for lying, since the Congressional Human Rights Caucus — now called the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission — amounts to little more than a political PR arena.
THE GREAT LIE OF THE FIRST GULF WARMAT NASHEDAUGUST 17, 2020OZY
This, however, did not apply to the waters lying directly around the Poloe and Flatland groups.
THE GIANT OF THE NORTHR.M. BALLANTYNE
Eggs and nestlings were found lying on the bare soil at the inner ends of the burrows; no nesting material was found.
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The Seven-score and four on the six middle Bells, the treble leading, and the tenor lying behind every change, makes good Musick.
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