un·truth
un·truth/ˌənˈtro͞oTH/
noun
a lie or false statement (often used euphemistically).
"they go off and tell untruths about organizations for which they worked"
synonyms: lie, falsehood, fib, fabrication, deception, made-up story, trumped-up story, fake news, invention, fiction, piece of fiction, falsification, falsity, cock and bull story, barefaced lie, (little) white lie, half-truth, exaggeration, prevarication, departure from the truth, alternative fact, yarn, story, red herring, rumor, fable, myth, flight of fancy, figment of the imagination, pretense, pretext, sham, ruse, wile, stratagem, misinformation, disinformation, trickery, perjury, dissimulation, gossip, propaganda, tall story, tall tale, fairy story, fairy tale, whopper, porky, pork pie, porky pie, terminological inexactitude, economy with the truth, bullshit, bulldust
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Aug 22, 2024 · 1. archaic : disloyalty 2. lack of truthfulness : falsity 3. something that is untrue : falsehood Synonyms See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus.
a statement that is not true: It's not the first time that the paper has been in trouble for printing untruths about people's private lives.
noun · the state or character of being untrue. · want of veracity; divergence from truth. · something untrue; a falsehood or lie. Synonyms: invention, ...
a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth; fable, fabrication, fiction a deliberately false or improbable account; deceit, deception, ...
What does the noun untruth mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun untruth, one of which is labelled obsolete. See 'Meaning & use' for ...
untruth in American English · 1. the state or character of being untrue · 2. want of veracity; divergence from truth · 3. something untrue; a falsehood or lie.
Aug 22, 2024 · Definition of untruth. as in delusion. a false idea or belief their argument rests on a fundamental untruth which has long been discredited. ...
untruth · [countable] (formal) a lie. People often say 'untruth' to avoid saying 'lie'. Her account of what had happened was a patent untruth. compare truth.
UNTRUTH meaning: 1 : a statement that is not true lie; 2 : the state of being false or a lie.
Sep 18, 2024 · UNTRUTH definition: a lie, or something that is not true. Learn more.