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Mendacious

/mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/

(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.

📖 Definitions of "Mendacious"

adjective

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
falseverb	Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
lyingnoun	An act or telling a lie or falsehood; the practice of telling lies.
untruthful	Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
untruthful	Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.
lyingverb	Tending to tell lies, untruthful, mendacious
false	Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
bogus	Counterfeit or fake; not genuine.
deceptive	Likely or attempting to deceive.
misleading	Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
untrue	False; not true.
mendaciloquent	(rare, literary) Untruthful in speech.
mistruthful	(rare) Untruthful; lying.
unhonest	(rare) Dishonest, deceptive, misleading.
deceitful	Deliberately misleading or cheating.
deceivous	deceptive
sneaky	Dishonest; deceitful.
fallacious	Deceptive or misleading.
deceiptfull	Obsolete form of deceitful. [Deliberately misleading or cheating.]
abusive	Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
deceiptful	Obsolete form of deceitful. [Deliberately misleading or cheating.]
fraudulent	Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
crooked	Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
disingenuine	(proscribed) Disingenuous.