Mendacious synonyms and antonyms

mĕn-dā'shəs

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spurious
Lacking authenticity or validity in essence or origin; not genuine:
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untrue
Not faithful or loyal
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self-serving (related)
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frank (antonym)
Honest, especially in an manner that seems slightly blunt; candid; not reserved or disguised.
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sycophantic (related)
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false (related)
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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deceitful
Tending to deceive; apt to lie or cheat
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dishonest
The definition of dishonest is a person who cheats or lies.
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fibbing
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lying
The definition of lying is not telling the truth.
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untruthful
Pertaining to falsehood; corrupt; dishonest.
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honest (antonym)
Characterized by truth; not false:
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truthful (antonym)
Corresponding to reality; true.
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sincere (antonym)
Genuine; meaning what one says or does; heartfelt.
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hypocritical (related)
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bigoted (related)
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duplicitous (related)
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contemptible (related)
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unprincipled (related)
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self-deluding (related)
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Mendacious Sentence Examples

  • In no case is the evidence of the senses fallacious or mendacious; the fallacy is in the inference.

  • To achieve this his methods were often mendacious or, more charitably, less than frank.

  • Spite, resentment at being passed over when Peel formed the 1841 government, is one explanation of these outbreaks, and a letter to Peel, lately published, is proof to many minds that Disraeli's denial to Peel's face in 1846 that he had ever solicited office was daringly mendacious.

  • In the parliament which met on the 12th of February 1376, Lord Latimer and Alice Perrers, the king's mistress, a lady of good birth, and not (as the mendacious St Albans chronicler alleged) the ugly but persuasive daughter of a tiler, were impeached, and Wykeham took a leading part against Latimer, even to the extent of opposing his being allowed counsel.

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