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liar

[lahy-er]

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noun

a person who tells lies.

Origin:
before 950; Middle English lier, Old English lēogere. See lie¹, -ar¹

Can be confused: liar, lyre.

Synonyms
falsifier, perjurer, prevaricator.

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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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Example Sentences

The liar will have you thinking that maybe the dog did eat the homework.

Brando was not the first person to note that the line between an artist and a liar is a fine one.

It is time to add jail sentences for being proven incompetent if not a liar.

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The liar will have you thinking that maybe the dog did eat the homework.

Brando was not the first person to note that the line between an artist and a liar is a fine one.

It is time to add jail sentences for being proven incompetent if not a liar.

These same limitations also apply to many newfangled approaches to catching a liar.

The point is that the man is a liar in matters of small concern.

He's a perfect example of a liar who's right in anyway.

As is the idea that a professional liar could found a truthful religion in the first place.

If you claim you have, or claim to know someone who has, you are a filthy liar.

If your old employer will call you a liar when asked straight up, don't do it.

Walter, you are a liar liar and your pants are on fire.

Trent1492, try actually reading some of the references you listed before you call anyone a liar.

The beauty of this is that you can pretty much pick a number out of thin air without fear of being proved a liar.

Congressman called the nation's first president of color a liar on international tv.

If a liar tells us that lying is wrong, this makes him a hypocrite, but it does not invalidate his claim.

To call me a liar because of this is totally out of line.

Oh, it's always the one calling out the liar who is the biggest liar of all.

If you answer no, you're automatically clasifyed as a liar.

Anyone who would use those liars as a source is either an easily manipulated fool, or a liar himself.

And you keep peddling this lie, because you are a pathological liar.

To describe the vocal emissions of someone as false requires that that person be a liar.

If you can't tell who the liars are then everyone is a potential liar and your ability to trust is compromised.

Back then, a potential liar was told to place a grain of rice in his mouth, and chew.

It's not often that a pathological liar gets his own talk show.

They don't really care whether you were a jealous monster or whether she was a compulsive liar.

If you do, the meaner spirits will think you're a liar and the more generous will suspect you of kidding yourself”.

Pick the liar you support and try and convince me your opinion backs democracy as opposed to greed, power and corruption.

The fact that this attorney general would be a blatant liar if he sendsthis letter to anyone should also be pointed out.

But, since the head liar is the head of the country, my guess is that won't happen.

But he is especially the biggest liar in the the world and a the mystification is his preferred playground.

It is not as if the amazing nonsense of liar loans and qualifying at teaser rates was a secret.

It's as ignorant to blanket all oil companies with the liar moniker as it is to blanket all environmental groups with the same.

He would probably be in ail except that the only real witness against him is also a crook and a liar.

Then you can call me a liar and prove that pot isn't addictive.

Scalia is either a bald faced liar or completely brainwashed.

But this goes beyond the common charge that he was a phoney, or a liar.

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World English Dictionary

liar (ˈlaɪə)

—n
	a person who has lied or lies repeatedly

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Word Origin & History

liar

O.E. leogere; agent noun from Anglian legan, W.Saxon leogan "be untruthful, lie" (see lie (v.1)).

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