belie
Meaning of belie
verb
- To lie around; encompass.
- (of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
- To tell lies about.
- To give a false representation of.
- To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
Her obvious nervousness belied what she said.
- To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
His calm demeanor belied his inner sense of guilt.
- To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
- To mimic; to counterfeit.
- To fill with lies.
Information about belie
- It is a verb.
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Hyphenation of belie
be-lie
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- belie is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
belie synonyms
Meaning contradict:
Meaning misrepresent:
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Translation of belie
- Spanish: refutar
- French: réfuter
- German: widerlegen
- Italian: refutare
Anagrams of belie
Words that rhyme with belie
Elie, Celie, Adelie, Cordelie, adelie, Keelie, jeelie, keelie, steelie, wheelie, Ophelie, mielie, Amelie, Melie, omelie, Cornelie, Nelie, Joelie, troelie, Aurelie, Lorelie, Orelie, forelie, relie, Selie
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