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be·lie
(bĭ-lī′)tr.v. be·lied, be·ly·ing, be·lies
1. To give a false representation to; misrepresent: "He spoke roughly in order to belie his air of gentility" (James Joyce).
2. To show to be false; contradict: Their laughter belied their outward grief.
[Middle English bilien, from Old English belēogan, to deceive with lies; see leugh- in Indo-European roots.]
be·li′er n.
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belie
(bɪˈlaɪ)vb (tr) , -lies, -lying or -lied
1. to show to be untrue; contradict
2. to misrepresent; disguise the nature of: the report belied the real extent of the damage.
3. to fail to justify; disappoint
[Old English belēogan; related to Old Frisian biliuga, Old High German biliugan; see be-, lie1]
beˈlier n
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be•lie
(bɪˈlaɪ)v.t. -lied, -ly•ing.
1. to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
2. to give a false impression of; misrepresent.
3. to be false to or disappoint: to belie one's faith.
be•li′er, n.
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belie
Past participle: belied
Gerund: belying
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| Verb | 1. | belie - be in contradiction with |
| 2. |  belie - represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions"sentimentalize, sentimentalise - look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment; "Don't sentimentalize the past events" dissemble, feign, pretend, sham, affect - make believe with the intent to deceive; "He feigned that he was ill"; "He shammed a headache" represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl" |
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belie
verb
1. misrepresent, disguise, conceal, distort, misinterpret, falsify, gloss over, airbrush Her looks belie her 50 years.
2. disprove, deny, expose, discredit, contradict, refute, repudiate, negate, invalidate, rebut, give the lie to, make a nonsense of, gainsay (archaic or literary), prove false, blow out of the water (slang), controvert, confute The facts of the situation belie his testimony.
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belie
verb1. To give an inaccurate view of by representing falsely or misleadingly:
Idiom: give a false coloring to.
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Translations
يعطي فكرة يُعْطي فِكْرَةُ خاطِئَةً عن
být v rozporuklamatpopírat
skjuletilsløre
meghazudtol
gefa ranga hugmynd
neparodytislėpti
radīt nepatiesu priekšstaturunāt pretī
yalancı çıkarmakyanlış izlenim bırakmak
belie
[bɪˈlaɪ] VT (= fail to justify) [+ hopes etc] → defraudar; (= prove false) [+ words] → contradecir, desmentirCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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belie
vt
(= prove false) words, proverb → Lügen strafen, widerlegen
(= give false impression of) → hinwegtäuschen über (+acc)
(= fail to justify) hopes → enttäuschen
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belie
(biˈlai) – present participle beˈlying: past participle beˈlied – verb to give a false idea or impression of (something). His innocent face belies his cunning.
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