mendacious

3 definitions found

mendacious - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mendacious \Men*da"cious\, a. [L. mendax, -acis, lying, cf.
     mentiri to lie.]
     1. Given to deception or falsehood; lying; as, a mendacious
        person.
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     2. False; counterfeit; containing falsehood; as, a mendacious
        statement.
        [1913 Webster] -- Men*da"cious*ly, adv. --
        Men*da"cious*ness, n.
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mendacious - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mendacious
      adj 1: given to lying; "a mendacious child"
      2: intentionally untrue; "a mendacious statement"

mendacious - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  21 Moby Thesaurus words for "mendacious":
     deceitful, dishonest, equivocal, equivocating, erroneous,
     fallacious, false, fibbing, forsworn, knavish, lying, paltering,
     perjured, prevaricating, roguish, shifty, spurious, truthless,
     untruthful, unveracious, wrong