untruth

un·truth (

n-tr

)

1. Something untrue; a lie.

2. The condition of being false; lack of truth.

3. Archaic Unfaithfulness.

untruth [ʌnˈtruːθ]

1. the state or quality of being untrue

2. a statement, fact, etc., that is not true

Untruth of sompners: a group of summoners, 1486. Also somner.

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Noun

untruth - a false statement

falsehood, falsity

statement - a message that is stated or declared; a communication (oral or written) setting forth particulars or facts etc; "according to his statement he was in London on that day"

dodging, scheme, dodge - a statement that evades the question by cleverness or trickery

lie, prevarication - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

fable, fabrication, fiction - a deliberately false or improbable account

deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood

contradiction in terms, contradiction - (logic) a statement that is necessarily false; "the statement `he is brave and he is not brave' is a contradiction"

untruth

noun

1. lie, fabrication, falsehood, fib, story, tale, fiction, deceit, whopper (informal), porky (Brit. slang), pork pie (Brit. slang), falsification, prevarication The Authority accused estate agents of using blatant untruths.

2. lying, perjury, duplicity, falsity, mendacity, deceitfulness, untruthfulness, inveracity (rare), truthlessness I have never uttered one word of untruth.

Translations

untruth [ˈʌnˈtruːθ] N (untruths (pl)) [ˈʌnˈtruːðz] → mentira f

untruth

n → Unwahrheit f

untruth [ʌnˈtruːθ] n (untruths (pl)) [ʌnˈtruːðz] → falsità f inv

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contradiction contradiction in terms dishonestly dodging fable fabrication fairy tale falsehood falsity fib fiction hearsay inerrancy inveracity lead by the nose Lie mendacity perjure play false	Monte Cristo examined him with the same look that, at Rome, he had bent upon the execution of Andrea, and then, in a tone that made a shudder pass through the veins of the poor steward, -- "The Abbe Busoni, then told me an untruth," said he, "when, after his journey in France, in 1829, he sent you to me, with a letter of recommendation, in which he enumerated all your valuable qualities. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context It is your happiness I wish for," she added, feeling that she was telling an untruth and was becoming entangled. War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context The notion had no ground in sense; it was probably no more than a reminiscence of similar calamities in childhood, for his father's room had always been the chamber of inquisition and the scene of punishment; but it stuck so rigorously in his mind that he must instantly approach the door and prove its untruth. Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context	untread Untreasure Untreasured Untreatable untreated Untrenched Untressed untried untrimmed untrod untrodden untroubled Untrowable untrue Untruism untruly Untrunked untruss Untrust Untrustful untrustiness untrusting untrustworthiness untrustworthy untrusty untruth untruthful untruthfully untruthfulness untuck untucked untufted Untune untuneful Unturn unturned untutored Untwain untwine Untwirl untwist untwisted Unty untying untypical untypicality untypically ununbium ununderstandably ununderstood ununhexium	untrue untrue declaration untrue statement untrue story untrueness untruer untruer untruest untruest Untruism untruly untruly Untrunked untruss untrussed untrusses untrussing Untrust Untrustful Untrustful untrustiness untrustiness untrusting untrusting untrustworthiness untrustworthiness untrustworthy untrustworthy untrusty untrusty untruth untruthful untruthful untruthfully untruthfully untruthfulness untruthfulness untruths untruths UNTS UNTSI UNTSO UNTSP Untsukul Untuck untucked untucking untucks untufted untune untuned Untuned percussion Untuned percussion untuneful untunefully Unturkey Unturn unturned unturned unturned untutored

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contradiction
contradiction in terms
dishonestly
dodging
fable
fabrication
fairy tale
falsehood
falsity
fib
fiction
hearsay
inerrancy
inveracity
lead by the nose
Lie
mendacity
perjure
play false

Monte Cristo examined him with the same look that, at Rome, he had bent upon the execution of Andrea, and then, in a tone that made a shudder pass through the veins of the poor steward, -- "The Abbe Busoni, then told me an untruth," said he, "when, after his journey in France, in 1829, he sent you to me, with a letter of recommendation, in which he enumerated all your valuable qualities.

The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context

It is your happiness I wish for," she added, feeling that she was telling an untruth and was becoming entangled.

War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

The notion had no ground in sense; it was probably no more than a reminiscence of similar calamities in childhood, for his father's room had always been the chamber of inquisition and the scene of punishment; but it stuck so rigorously in his mind that he must instantly approach the door and prove its untruth.

Tales and Fantasies by Stevenson, Robert Louis View in context

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