🤥 To not tell truth 🛏️ To rest flat

to lyin'

9.9

To say something that is not true

verb
/ˈlaɪn/

Informal

: mintiendo

Stop lyin' to me!

Examples

Don't go lyin' to your friends just to avoid trouble.
Sarah is always lyin' about her age.
He could tell she was lyin' about finishing her homework on time.
Everyone knew he was lyin', but no one wanted to confront him.
He could tell she was lyin' about finishing her homework on time.
Don't go lyin' to your friends just to avoid trouble.
Everyone knew he was lyin', but no one wanted to confront him.

Synonyms

to lie through one's teeth

vsto lyin'

Informal

11 7.6

Say something that is not true in a bold, obvious way

is a general informal form for any untruth, not a bold shameless falsehood

to speak with a forked tongue

vsto lyin'

Informal

1 9.6

Say things that are not true to trick others

is an informal spelling for not telling the truth without implying deliberate deceit

Antonyms

truth

∞ 1.0

A fact that shows how things really are

How Dishonest

perjury

Formal

123 8.2

deception

163 3.9

to lyin'

Informal

9.9

fibbing

Informal

1 4.4

Surface Forms

lyin' infinitive

lyin' present participle

lyin' third person singular

Morphology

lyin' = lie (transparent) = lie + in'

Colloquial orthographic variant of the present participle 'lying' formed by adding -ing to 'lie'; the apostrophe represents the dropped 'g' and does not change meaning.

Etymology

The word lyin' is an informal spelling of lying, where the last 'g' is left off to show casual speech. When it means not telling the truth, it is the same root as lie and liar, so lyin' simply means 'not telling the truth'.