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 Definitions of belie  [ɪˈlaɪ]  

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Definition of 'belie' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) belie
to show to be false; contradict:
His trembling hands belied his calm voice.

2.  belie
to give a false impression of; misrepresent.

3.  belie
to be false to or disappoint:
to belie one's faith.

Etymology:  (bef. 1000; ME; OE belēogan. See be -, lie1)

Definition of 'belie' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) contradict, belie, negate
be in contradiction with

2. (verb) misrepresent, belie
represent falsely
"This statement misrepresents my intentions"


Definition of 'belie' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) belie
to show to be false; to convict of, or charge with, falsehood

2. (noun) belie
to give a false representation or account of

3. (noun) belie
to tell lie about; to calumniate; to slander

4. (noun) belie
to mimic; to counterfeit

5. (noun) belie
to fill with lies


Translation of 'belie' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to give a false idea or impression of (something)
His innocent face belies his cunning.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: loënstraf, weerspreek Arabic flag Arabic: يعطي فكرة يُعْطي فِكْرَةُ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: давам невярна представа з
Brazilian flag Brazilian: desmentir Czech flag Czech: popírat, klamat, být v ro German flag German: widersprechen
Danish flag Danish: tilsløre; skjule Greek flag Greek: κρύβω, διαψεύδω Spanish flag Spanish: esconder; desmentir
Estonian flag Estonian: peitma Farsi flag Farsi: برعکس چیزی را نشان دادن؛ Finnish flag Finnish: antaa väärä kuva
French flag French: démentir Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַסווֹת Hindi flag Hindi: झूठा करना
Croatian flag Croatian: obmanuti Hungarian flag Hungarian: meghazudtol Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengecoh, mengingkari
Icelandic flag Icelandic: gefa ranga hugmynd Italian flag Italian: smentire Japanese flag Japanese: 偽りを示す
Korean flag Korean: ...을 거짓[잘못] 전하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: slėpti (tikrą padėtį), ne Latvian flag Latvian: radīt nepatiesu priekšsta
Malay flag Malay: tidak menampakkan Dutch flag Dutch: een verkeerde voorstellin Norwegian flag Norwegian: motsi, stå i motsetning t
Polish flag Polish: zadawać kłam, maskować Persian flag Persian: برعکس چیزی را نشان دادن؛ Pashto flag Pashto: غلط ثابتول، خیانت کول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: desmentir Romanian flag Romanian: a dezminţi Russian flag Russian: давать неверное представл
Slovak flag Slovak: odporovať (čomu), byť v r Slovenian flag Slovenian: postaviti na laž Serbian flag Serbian: prikrivati
Swedish flag Swedish: motsäga, strida mot, bedr Thai flag Thai: ทำให้เชื่อหรือเข้าใจผิด Turkish flag Turkish: yanlış izlenim bırakmak,
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 掩飾 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: давати невірну уяву Urdu flag Urdu: کے متعلق غلط خیال پیدا کر
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm cho nhầm Chinese flag Chinese: 给人以...的假象

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