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mendacious
/mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/
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What does mendacious mean?
adjective
- Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
- False or untrue.
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IPA pronunciation
/mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/
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This mendacious medico declared that no living thing could exist within fifteen miles of the tree.
“Yes—what the mendacious family chronicles call extinct in the male line—that is, gone down—gone under.”
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The truth, as I have said, lies hidden in this extraordinarily mendacious confection.
And Bastien, to confirm his mendacious statement, keeps wriggling his forefinger at the top of the tube, while his fellow-conspirators suppress their enjoyment as best they can.
Mendacious self- impeachment seems especially convincing of abnormality.