MENDACITIES Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word mendacities. (close relations)
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| deceit | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being fraudulent • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving | ||||||
| calumnies | nounn | |||||
noun • a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions • an abusive attack on a person's character or good name | ||||||
| dissemblings | nounn | |||||
noun • pretending with intention to deceive • the act of deceiving | ||||||
| duplicities | nounn | |||||
noun • a fraudulent or duplicitous representation • acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another | ||||||
| fabrications | nounn | |||||
noun • a deliberately false or improbable account • writing in a fictional form • the act of making something (a product) from raw materials • the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery) • the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | ||||||
| falsehoods | nounn | |||||
noun • a false statement • the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | ||||||
| fibs | nounn | |||||
noun • a trivial lie verb • tell a relatively insignificant lie | ||||||
| fictions | nounn | |||||
noun • a literary work based on the imagination and not necessarily on fact • a deliberately false or improbable account | ||||||
| forgeries | nounn | |||||
noun • a copy that is represented as the original • criminal falsification by making or altering an instrument with intent to defraud | ||||||
| lies | nounn | |||||
noun • a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth • Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968) • position or manner in which something is situated verb • be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position • be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position • originate (in) • be and remain in a particular state or condition • tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive • have a place in relation to something else • assume a reclining position | ||||||
| perjuries | nounn | |||||
noun • criminal offense of making false statements under oath | ||||||
| perversions | nounn | |||||
noun • a curve that reverses the direction of something • an aberrant sexual practice • the action of perverting something (turning it to a wrong use) | ||||||
| prevarications | nounn | |||||
noun • a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth • intentionally vague or ambiguous • the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | ||||||
| slanders | verbv | |||||
noun • words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another • an abusive attack on a person's character or good name verb • charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone | ||||||
| tales | nounn | |||||
noun • a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program • a trivial lie | ||||||
| untruths | nounn | |||||
noun • a false statement | ||||||
| misrepresentations | nounn | |||||
noun • a misleading falsehood • a willful perversion of facts | ||||||
