belie

be·lie  (b-l)

tr.v. be·lied, be·ly·ing, be·lies

1. To give a false representation to; misrepresent: "He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility" (James Joyce).

2. To show to be false; contradict: Their laughter belied their outward grief.

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[Middle English bilien, from Old English belogan, to deceive with lies; see leugh- in Indo-European roots.]

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be·lier n.

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belie [bɪˈlaɪ]

vb -lies, -lying, -lied (tr)

1. to show to be untrue; contradict

2. to misrepresent; disguise the nature of the report belied the real extent of the damage

3. to fail to justify; disappoint

[Old English belēogan; related to Old Frisian biliuga, Old High German biliugan; see be-, lie¹]

belier  n

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be•lie (bɪˈlaɪ)

v.t. -lied, -ly•ing.

1. to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.

2. to give a false impression of; misrepresent.

3. to be false to or disappoint: to belie one's faith.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English belēogan. See be-, lie ¹]

be•li′er, n.

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	belie - be in contradiction with contradict, negate depart, deviate, vary, diverge - be at variance with; be out of line with
	2.	belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" misrepresent sentimentalize, sentimentalise - look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment; "Don't sentimentalize the past events" distort, falsify, garble, warp - make false by mutilation or addition; as of a message or story dissemble, feign, pretend, sham, affect - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl"

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belie

verb

1. misrepresent, disguise, conceal, distort, misinterpret, falsify, gloss over, airbrush Her looks belie her 50 years.

2. disprove, deny, expose, discredit, contradict, refute, repudiate, negate, invalidate, rebut, give the lie to, make a nonsense of, gainsay (archaic or literary), prove false, blow out of the water (slang), controvert, confute The facts of the situation belie his testimony.

Translations

belie [bɪˈlaɪ] VT (= fail to justify) [+ hopes etc] → defraudar; (= prove false) [+ words] → contradecir, desmentir

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belie [bɪˈlaɪ] vt

(= disprove) → démentir

(= give false impression of) → tromper sur

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belie

vt

(= prove false) words, proverb → Lügen strafen, widerlegen

(= give false impression of) → hinwegtäuschen über (+acc)

(= fail to justify) hopes → enttäuschen

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belie [bɪˈlaɪ] vt (prove false) → smentire; (give false impression of) → nascondere

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belie (biˈlai) – present participle beˈlying: past participle beˈlied – verb

to give a false idea or impression of (something). His innocent face belies his cunning. loënstraf, weerspreek يعطي فكرة يُعْطي فِكْرَةُ خاطِئَةً عن давам невярна представа за desmentir popírat, klamat, být v rozporu widersprechen tilsløre; skjule κρύβω, διαψεύδω esconder; desmentir peitma برعکس چیزی را نشان دادن؛ پوشانیدن antaa väärä kuva démentir לְהַסווֹת झूठा करना obmanuti meghazudtol mengecoh, mengingkari gefa ranga hugmynd smentire 偽りを示す ...을 거짓[잘못] 전하다 slėpti (tikrą padėtį), neparodyti radīt nepatiesu priekšstatu; runāt pretī tidak menampakkan een verkeerde voorstelling geven van motsi, stå i motsetning til zadawać kłam, maskować غلط ثابتول، خیانت کول desmentir a dezminţi давать неверное представление odporovať (čomu), byť v rozpore s postaviti na laž prikrivati motsäga, strida mot, bedra ทำให้เชื่อหรือเข้าใจผิด yanlış izlenim bırakmak, yalancı çıkarmak 掩飾 давати невірну уяву کے متعلق غلط خیال پیدا کرنا làm cho nhầm 给人以...的假象