belie (redirected from belies)

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

Verb

[-lying, -lied]

1. to show to be untrue: the facts belied the theory

2. to misrepresent: the score belied the closeness of the match

3. to fail to justify: the promises were soon belied [Old English belēogan]

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

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

Translations

belie [bɪˈlaɪ] vt (= give false impression of) → desmentir, contradecir

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belie [bɪˈlaɪ] vt → démentir (= give false impression of); occulter

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belie [bɪˈlaɪ] vt (contradict) → im Widerspruch stehen zu;

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

(disprove) → widerlegen, Lügen strafen

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belie [bɪˈlaɪ] vt → smentire [+ give false impression of]; nascondere

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belie

v belie [biˈlai]

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 popírat, klamat, být v rozporu tilsløre; skjule widersprechen κρύβω, διαψεύδω esconder; desmentir peitma برعکس چیزی را نشان دادن؛ پوشانیدن kätkeä alleen démentir לְהַסווֹת झूठा करना obmanuti meghazudtol mengecoh, mengingkari gefa ranga hugmynd smentire 偽りを示す 속이다 slėpti (tikrą padėtį), neparodyti radīt nepatiesu priekšstatu; runāt pretī tidak menampakkan een verkeerde voorstelling geven van motsi, stå i motsetning til zadawać kłam, maskować 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 給人以...的假象 давати невірну уяву کے متعلق غلط خیال پیدا کرنا làm cho nhầm 给人以...的假象