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belies
verb as in disprove
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The story is simple and one that belies the intensity of the conflict.
And it belies the idea of the writer as a placeless member of the Society of the Imagination.
However, an insidious form of segregation, happening within the educational system, belies this simplistic view.
Plus, the melodrama belies the heavy moralizing that guides each Madea film.
But the message belies the squalid reality of Sri Lanka under his rule.
A more intimate acquaintance with their manner belies this reputation.
Meaning that although a person takes plenty of food and nourishment, his appearance belies it.
But science says that no man is really dead who still retains his consciousness, by which statement science belies its name.
But there are many whom a suspicion of the dilettante in such an exterior belies, and Narcissus was one of them.
The man whose outer life belies the inner is an enforced suicide.
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On this page you'll find 61 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to belies, such as: negate, contradict, repudiate, contravene, deny, and disagree.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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