mendacity

Noun

Meaning

The quality or state of being mendacious; a habit of lying.

A falsehood; a lie.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lying deceit falsehood untruth fib fiction invention lie fraud fake deception fabrication cheating treachery perjury
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Antonyms

veracity fact help oath attention aid
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Hypernyms

untruthfulness

Related terms

mendacious mendaciously mendaciousness

Derivatives

mendacities

Examples

Barr’s mendacity during the Blitzer interview made a lot of news. Source: Internet

Borrowing a parable from Emile Zola about consuming a live toad every day to inure oneself to the "aggressive mendacity" of the newspapers of Zola's day, Trumbo wrote bitterly of his own era. Source: Internet

Iran’s mendacity is one more reason for the US to begin the necessary work to change or scrap a pact that was based on untruths and continues to be defended by false assumptions. Source: Internet

This mendacity would be easier to repulse if the problem was solely embodied in Trump. Source: Internet

They seek a return to the polished mendacity of politicians such as Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Source: Internet

Can America endure such mendacity? Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

mendacious mendaciously mendaciousness Mendaite Mende Mendel