belies

Meaning of belies

verb
  1. To lie around; encompass.
  2. (of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
verb
  1. To tell lies about.
  2. To give a false representation of.
  3. To contradict, to show (something) to be false.
    Her obvious nervousness belied what she said.
  4. To conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
    His calm demeanor belied his inner sense of guilt.
  5. To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
  6. To mimic; to counterfeit.
  7. To fill with lies.

Information about belies

  • It is a verb.
  • The singular form of belies is: bely.
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Hyphenation of belies

be-lies

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • belies is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

belies synonyms

Meaning :

calumniate, slander, misrepresent, contradict

Anagrams of belies

Beisel, Siblee

Words that rhyme with belies

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