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