Dictionary

mendacious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium (“lie, untruth”), from mendāx (“lying”), + -ious.

Meanings

1. (of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
   • He was dismissed as a mendacious witness.
2. (of a statement, qualifier:etc) False or untrue.
   • mendacious propaganda
   • The report was filled with mendacious claims.
   • utterly mendacious

Forms

Deriveds

unmendacious · mendaciously · mendaciousness

Relateds

mendacity

Synonyms

nonfactual · made up · untruthful · nontrue · counterfeit · bastard · untrue · incorrect · inaccurate · invented · unveracious · spurious · unveridical · wrong · false · fallacious · fictitious · off · nontruthful · erroneous · pseudo- · counterfactual

Translations (54)

af leunagtig (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · it menzognero (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · fi valheellinen (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · sv lögnaktig (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · he שקרן (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · fr mensonger (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · grc ψευδολόγος (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · nl oneerlijk (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · sv förljugen (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · ar كَاذِب (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · es mendiga (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · pl zakłamany (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · es mendigo (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · af oneerlik (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · uk брехли́вий (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · ro mincinos (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · ca mentider (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · sh ла̀жљив (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · nl liegend (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · pl kłamliwy (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · hy ստախոս (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · cs prolhaný (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · la mendax (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · kmr derewîn (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · de unwahr (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · it mendace (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · hu hazudozó (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · fr fallacieux (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · cy celwyddog (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · cmn 說謊的 /说谎的 (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · de lügnerisch (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · es mentiroso (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · ka ცრუ (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · sh làžljiv (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · fr trompeur (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · he לא ישר (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · ga bréagach (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · ja 不正直 (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · es mendaz (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · pt mendaz (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · el αναληθής (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · nl leugenachtig (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · hu hazug (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · nb løgnaktig (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · bg лъжлив (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · ru лжи́вый (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · ja 虚偽の (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · af liegend (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · de verlogen (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · pdt läajesoatich (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · pt mentiroso (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · es embustero (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · it bugiardo (lying, untruthful or dishonest) · hy սուտասան (lying, untruthful or dishonest)