to belie

Examples

• All

• Such a perception, however, belies the influence that the tourist corridor actually has on local life.

  Academic text (2012)

• In her calm, melodic voice that belies the shakiness of her hands, she said,

  Fiction book (1998)

• "Were we dreaming" is belied by what we have seen with our own eyes.

  Academic text (2013)

• The visual effect of the structure belies that carefully composed claim, however.

  Academic text (2011)

• The .45 and the ease with which he wore it belied that idea, though.

  Fiction book (2000)

• Certainly, the record of several new stadiums belies the claim that they are money makers.

  Academic text (1998)

• The small wiry figure of Jack had an agility that belied his sixty-five years.

  Fiction book (1997)

• Outpatients are received in a spacious two-story, sky-lit waiting area that belies its underground location.

  Academic text (1996)

• Robyn stood stiff, her face a cold mask that belied the torment seething inside her.

  Fiction book (1992)

• Interior Alaska around the summer solstice belies any descriptions of America's far north as desolate or inhospitable.

  Academic text (2008)

Synonyms

C

to contradict

vsto belie

174 3.7

To say that something is not true or the opposite of what someone says

gives a false impression rather than directly opposing another statement

M

to misrepresent

vsto belie

71 6.9

Give a false story about someone or something to trick people

gives a false impression without necessarily intending to deceive

D

to debunk

vsto belie

57 5.7

To show that an idea or claim is false with clear facts

can give a false impression without exposing pretensions or errors

N

to negate

vsto belie

52 5.3

To make something no longer work or be true

gives a false impression rather than actively denying or invalidating it

F

to falsify

vsto belie

12 7.2

To show that an idea or claim is not true

gives a false impression rather than proving it false

G

to give the lie to

vsto belie

• Formal

1 8.4

To show that something is not true

uses misleading appearance instead of clearly proving something false

B

to bely

vsto belie

• Archaic

1 8.7

Make something seem different from what it really is

is the same meaning but written in the other spelling form

Antonyms

C

to confirm

∞ 1.8

To show that something is true by giving evidence

How Truthful

to verify

251 3.5

to confirm

∞ 1.8

to contradict

174 3.7

to belie

26 8.6

to mislead

87 3.9

to lie

∞ 1.3

to fabricate

50 7.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology