liar
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- noun
- /ˈlaɪər/
- Offensive
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mentiroso
- You can't stop a liar from lying.
- liars always lie
- call someone a liar
- liars and thieves
I'm asking myself, are you liars or are you stupid?
- I'm asking myself, are you liars or are you stupid?
- Well, Vicki says Mark is a liar and a cheater.
- They are grifters, frauds, liars and entitled brats.
- I'm not as big a fan of the liars and lying.
- You can't stop a liar from lying.
- The banks should have known I'm a liar.
- So I was like pretending to be a bad liar.
- I'm going to say we all know that Trump is a liar.
- As an ex CIA spy, can you easily spot a liar?
- And he was quite, you know, a liar too.
- They're founded on the backs of liar players, men and women.
Examples
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As for Kitty Kelly, she is a liar and a smear artist.
Academic text (2011) -
I put it to you that you are a serial liar.
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Yes, he was a liar, but I thought he loved me.
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I have been a liar all me life.
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Are you trying to make me out a liar?
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I know you were a liar, but now you are true.
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Okay, so call me a liar: I'm no more unreliable than the next fellow.
Fiction book (1990) -
Well, Vicki says Mark is a liar and a cheater.
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You're a liar, but you're a better actor.
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She called him a liar after he made up a story about where he had been.
Synonyms
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A person who tricks others by making them believe something not true
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A person who often lies and makes up stories to impress or trick people
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A person who makes up lies to trick people
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A person who tells small, often harmless lies about unimportant things
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A person who often tells bold, obvious lies
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A person who often avoids telling the truth and gives unclear answers
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A person who makes up stories to trick people
A person who tells obvious, childish lies
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How Honest
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Liar comes from the simple verb lie, which means 'to tell an untrue story', plus the common ending -er that names a person. So a liar is literally someone who tells lies, often again and again.