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MENDACIOUS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
a mendacious child
Classified under:
Similar:
untruthful (not expressing or given to expressing the truth)
Derivation:
mendacity (the tendency to be untruthful)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
a mendacious statement
Classified under:
Similar:
false (not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality)
Derivation:
mendacity (the tendency to be untruthful)