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acting |
false behavior or deliberate imitation; pretense; pretending. [1/5 definitions] |
alias |
a false name used to hide one's real name. [1/2 definitions] |
anonym |
a false or assumed name; alias. [1/2 definitions] |
apocryphal |
inauthentic; false. [1/3 definitions] |
asperse |
to spread false accusations or malicious insinuations against; slander. |
assume |
to put on in a false way; pretend. [1/3 definitions] |
Baal |
a false god or idol, esp. according to the Hebrews. [1/2 definitions] |
bathos |
false or very excessive sentimentality, esp. in order to evoke pity; mawkishness. [1/2 definitions] |
belie |
to give a false impression of. [1/2 definitions] |
bluff2 |
to mislead someone by using false pretenses. [2/6 definitions] |
bravado |
a false, exaggerated, or boastful display of courage. |
cajole |
to coax or persuade insistently, as by flattery or false promises. |
calumniate |
to make harmful and false statements about (someone). |
calumny |
a harmful statement, known by the maker to be false. [1/2 definitions] |
canard |
a deliberately false story or rumor, usu. defamatory to someone. |
contradictory |
in logic, either of two propositions that are related in a way that makes neither true and neither false. [1/3 definitions] |
crock |
(slang) exaggerated or false speech or writing. [1/2 definitions] |
cry wolf |
to give a false alarm. |
cult |
a religion that most members of a society believe to be false, faddish, or unworthy of respect. [1/4 definitions] |
delude |
to cause to hold a false belief; mislead; deceive. |
delusion |
the act of causing someone to believe in something false or not real, or the belief in something false or not real. [2 definitions] |
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