belie
Use Belie in a sentence
verb (used with object), be·lied, be·ly·ing.
1.
to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
2.
to misrepresent: The newspaper belied the facts.
3.
to act unworthily according to the standards of (a tradition, one's ancestry, one's faith, etc.).
4.
Archaic. to lie about; slander.
Related forms
be·li·er, noun
un·be·lied, adjective
Antonyms
1. prove, verify, support.
1. prove, verify, support.
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| —vb , -lies, -lying, -lied | |
| 1. | to show to be untrue; contradict |
| 2. | to misrepresent; disguise the nature of: the report belied the real extent of the damage |
| 3. | to fail to justify; disappoint |
| [Old English belēogan; related to Old Frisian biliuga, Old High German biliugan; see | |
| be'lier | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
belie
O.E. beleogan "to deceive by lies," from be- + lie (v.1) "to lie, tell lies." Current sense of "to contradict as a lie" is first recorded 1640s. The other verb lie once also had a formation like this, from O.E. belicgan, which meant "to encompass, beleaguer,"
and in M.E. was a euphemism for "to have sex with" (i.e. "to lie with carnally").
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Example sentences
Economic statistics belie the two countries' shared history and geography.
However, its abandoned rusting gas pumps belie what's inside.
The picture she draws seems to belie the one implied in the dire predictions.
Appellees' actions belie their contentions to the contrary.
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