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[ lahy -ing ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈlaɪ ɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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noun the telling of lies, or false statements; untruthfulness: From boyhood, he has never been good at lying.
adjective telling or containing lies; deliberately untruthful; deceitful; false: a lying report.
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Origin of lying 1 First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English; see origin at lie1 , -ing1 , -ing2
SYNONYMS FOR lying 1 falsehood, falsity, mendacity, prevarication.
2 deceptive, misleading, mendacious, fallacious; sham, counterfeit.
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ANTONYMS FOR lying 1 truth, veracity.
2 true, candid, actual, correct, accurate, trustworthy.
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OTHER WORDS FROM lying ly·ing·ly, adverb Words nearby lying lye hominy, Lyell, Lyell, Charles, Lyell's disease, lygaeid, lying , lying down, lying-in, lyke-wake, Lyle, Lyly
Definition for lying (2 of 2) [ lahy -ing ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈlaɪ ɪŋ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
verb present participle of lie2 .
OTHER WORDS FROM lying ly·ing·ly, adverb Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020
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Mills was lying on the sidewalk, dying, right in front of people trained to save him.
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“Lying is intentionally, intentionally misleading someone, all right,” he told Newsmax.
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If Jackie is lying , she will likely—and sadly—suffer for it.
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The broker who sold the policy went so far as to say the doctors had been lying to me.
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But even while he was lying wide awake, it began again, and it was such a dismal sound he could feel the goose-flesh forming.
The Quest | Frederik van Eeden
None, however, were falling on the wood because here friend and foe were lying almost within bayonet length of each other.
The Sky Pilot in No Man's Land | Ralph Connor
But for me, you would be lying dead at this minute and the Astrarium would be ruined.
The Bill-Toppers | Andre Castaigne
I was lying next to you, and I will swear that you brought down eight of them with your rifle, before they charged.
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According to English sources Olaf was lying with his fleet off Southampton during the winter of 994-995.
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British Dictionary definitions for lying (1 of 2) verb the present participle and gerund of lie 1
British Dictionary definitions for lying (2 of 2) verb the present participle and gerund of lie 2
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Words related to lying misleading, double-dealing, wrong, two-timing, dissembling, dissimulating, fibbing, misstating, equivocating, misrepresenting, inventing, falsifying, prevaricating, double-crossing, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, mendacious, perfidious, shifty