mendacious
1 of 1adjective/mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/
Forms:more mendacious,most mendacious
1
containing lies
- The mendacious statement damaged the company's reputation.
- The book was full of mendacious claims about history.
- She rejected the mendacious report as unreliable.
- His apology was dismissed as mendacious and hollow.
- The film's mendacious portrayal of events angered many viewers.
2
(of a person) deliberately telling lies
- The mendacious witness was caught contradicting himself.
- She avoided her mendacious coworker, knowing he could not be trusted.
- The journalist exposed the politician as mendacious.
- His mendacious character made genuine friendship impossible.
- The child grew mendacious, inventing stories to avoid punishment.