English to English adjective
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not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality | | Example: gave false testimony under oath false tales of bravery
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2 |
Uttering falsehood; unveracious; given to deceit; dishnest; as, a false witness. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
3 |
arising from error | | Example: a false assumption a mistaken view of the situation
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4 |
erroneous and usually accidental | | Example: a false start a false alarm
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5 |
deliberately deceptive | | Example: false pretenses
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6 |
inappropriate to reality or facts | | Example: delusive faith in a wonder drug delusive expectations false hopes
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7 |
not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article | | Example: it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur faux pearls false teeth decorated with imitation palm leaves a purse of simulated alligator hide
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8 |
designed to deceive | | Example: a suitcase with a false bottom
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9 |
inaccurate in pitch | | Example: a false (or sour) note her singing was off key
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10 |
adopted in order to deceive | | Example: an assumed name an assumed cheerfulness a fictitious address fictive sympathy a pretended interest a put-on childish voice sham modesty
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11 |
(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful | | Example: a false friend when lovers prove untrue
source: wordnet30 adverb
12 |
in a disloyal and faithless manner | | Example: he behaved treacherously his wife played him false
source: wordnet30
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Not truly; not honestly; falsely. | | source: webster1913 verb
14 |
To report falsely; to falsify. | | source: webster1913
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