'Mendacious' definitions:
Definition of 'mendacious'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Given to lying; "a mendacious child"
adjective
Intentionally untrue; "a mendacious statement"
Definition of 'Mendacious'
From: GCIDE
- Mendacious \Men*da"cious\, a. [L. mendax, -acis, lying, cf. mentiri to lie.]
- 1. Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious person. [1913 Webster]
- 2. False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a mendacious statement. [1913 Webster] -- {Men*da"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Men*da"cious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mendacious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- deceitful,
- dishonest,
- equivocal,
- equivocating,
- erroneous,
- fallacious,
- false,
- fibbing,
- forsworn,
- knavish,
- lying,
- paltering,
- perjured,
- prevaricating,
- roguish,
- shifty,
- spurious,
- truthless,
- untruthful,
- unveracious,
- wrong