Tom was whistling in the dark to belie how terrified he was to be alone in the house which was rumoured to be haunted.
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Belie
//bɪˈlaɪ//
Synonyms for "belie" (111 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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3 entriesderived from
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15 entriesTranslations
55 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- كَذَّبَ verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Armenian
1 entries- զրպարտել verb (to give a false representation)
Bulgarian
3 entries- давам невярна представа за verb (to give a false representation)
- оклеветявам verb (to tell lies about)
- опровергавам verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Czech
4 entries- neprozrazovat verb (to give a false representation)
- nevyjevovat verb (to give a false representation)
- popírat verb (to contradict or show to be false)
- protiřečit verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Dutch
1 entries- verloochenen verb (to contradict or show to be false)
French
1 entries- démentir verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Georgian
4 entries- გამრუდება verb (to give a false representation)
- დამახინჯება verb (to give a false representation)
- უარყოფა verb (to contradict or show to be false)
- ცილისწამება verb (to tell lies about)
German
1 entries- hinwegtäuschen über verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Greek
1 entries- διαστρέφω verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Hebrew
1 entries- הסתיר verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Hungarian
3 entries- megcáfol verb (to contradict or show to be false)
- meghazudtol verb (to contradict or show to be false)
- rácáfol verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Italian
2 entries- contraddire verb (to contradict or show to be false)
- smentire verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Norwegian
1 entries- gi et galt inntrykk av verb (to give a false representation)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- belyve verb (to tell lies about)
- gjøre til skamme verb (to contradict or show to be false)
- lyve om verb (to tell lies about)
- motsi verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Polish
4 entries- dawać mylne wyobrażenie verb (to give a false representation)
- dać mylne wyobrażenie verb (to give a false representation)
- oczerniać verb (to tell lies about)
- oczernić verb (to tell lies about)
Portuguese
1 entries- desmentir verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Romanian
2 entries- calomnia verb (to tell lies about)
- contrazice verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Russian
4 entries- искажа́ть verb (to give a false representation)
- оболгать verb (to tell lies about)
- оклеветать verb (to tell lies about)
- опровергать verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Spanish
4 entries- calumniar verb (to tell lies about)
- desmentir verb (to contradict or show to be false)
- malrepresentar verb (to give a false representation)
- representar mal verb (to give a false representation)
Swedish
1 entries- motsäga verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Ukrainian
3 entries- давати неправильне уявлення verb (to give a false representation)
- оббріхувати verb (to tell lies about)
- суперечити verb (to contradict or show to be false)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
Thou do’ſt bely him Percy, thou doſt bely him; / He never did encounter with Glendower:
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Her smooth complexion and dark hair belie her actual age.
Source: wiktionary
Should I do ſo I ſhould bely my thoughts, / Comfort's in heauen, and we are on the earth[…]
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.