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Definitions

lying

[lahy-ing] / ˈlaɪ ɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
dishonest
Synonyms
STRONGEST
misleading
STRONG
dissembling dissimulating double-crossing double-dealing equivocating falsifying fibbing inventing misrepresenting misstating prevaricating two-timing wrong
WEAK
committing perjury deceitful deceptive delusive delusory false guileful mendacious perfidious shifty treacherous tricky two-faced unreliable untruthful
Antonyms
STRONG
honest
WEAK
direct frank

Example Sentences

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The fiction: Rattlesnakes are lying in wait to bite humans.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Despite lying beneath unmarked stones, these young people were not nameless.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

I had an iPhone and therefore I had a fitness app; its built-in ring was lying in wait.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

"I'd be lying if I said I was a completely impenetrable robot," he tells the BBC.

From BBC • Mar. 29, 2026

I had to admit that Daisy was a pretty good nurse but it always made me feel uncomfortable lying there with her fussing around me that way.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.