Definition of belies Belies
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What does belies mean?
Part of speech
🔤- belies, verb, present, 3rd person singular of belie (infinitive).
WordNet
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| belie - be in contradiction with | ||
| contradict, negate | ||
| deviate, diverge, vary, depart turn aside; turn away from | ||
| belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions" | ||
| misrepresent | ||
| represent point out or draw attention to in protest or remonstrance; "our parents represented to us the need for more caution" | ||
| sentimentalise, sentimentalize act in a sentimental way or indulge in sentimental thoughts or expression | ||
| garble, warp, distort, falsify falsify knowingly; "She falsified the records" | ||
| feign, sham, dissemble, affect, pretend make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- belie (Verb)
To lie around; encompass. - belie (Verb)
To surround; beleaguer. - belie (Verb)
To show, evince, demonstrate: to show something to be present. - belie (Verb)
To mimic; to counterfeit. - belie (Verb)
To fill with lies.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- belie (n.)
To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood. - belie (n.)
To give a false representation or account of. - belie (n.)
To tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander. - belie (n.)
To mimic; to counterfeit. - belie (n.)
To fill with lies.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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belie
To show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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belie
be-lī′, v.t. to give the lie to: to speak falsely of: to present in a false character: to counterfeit: to be false to: falsify: (Shak.) to fill with lies:—pr.p. bely′ing; pa.p. belīed′. [A.S. be, and Lie.]
Part of speech
🔤- belie, verb, present, 1st person singular of belie (infinitive).
- belie, verb (infinitive).
