mendacious
/menˈdeɪʃəs/adjective
उच्चारण मेन्डेशस
झूठा, असत्यवादी
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adjective
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formal
not telling the truth
झूठा, असत्यवादी
- mendacious advertising
- a mendacious witness
- The newspaper carried a mendacious report about the match.
+ 2 more examples
- He was known as a mendacious person, and nobody believed his stories.
- The mendacious claims in the advertisement misled many buyers.
Synonyms lying untruthful dishonest deceitful false
◇Word family
mendacity noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
men·da·cious
With -dacious (not 'mendatious'); the noun mendacity (lying).
अंत में -dacious ('mendatious' गलत है); noun mendacity (झूठ)।
?Which word?
Keep apart mendacious (lying) and mendicant (a beggar).
Mendacious (झूठा) और mendicant (भिखारी) को अलग रखिए।
Keep the lying words together: mendacious, deceitful, untruthful, perjured (lying under oath), fraudulent.
झूठ के शब्द साथ याद रखिए: mendacious, deceitful, untruthful, perjured (शपथ पर झूठ), fraudulent।
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One-word substitution
A person who habitually tells lies is a liar or fabricator.
आदतन झूठ बोलने वाला liar या fabricator।