单词 | belie |
释义 | belie —belier, n. /bi luy"/, v.t., belied, belying. 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. [bef. 1000; ME belyen, OE beleogan. See BE-, LIE1] Syn. 1. refute, disprove, controvert, repudiate, confute, gainsay. 1, 2. See misrepresent. Ant. 1. prove, verify, support. |
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