mendacious
adjective
[ mɛnˈdeɪʃəs ]
• not telling the truth; lying.
• "mendacious propaganda"
Similar:
lying,
untruthful,
dishonest,
deceitful,
false,
dissembling,
insincere,
disingenuous,
hypocritical,
fraudulent,
double-dealing,
two-faced,
Janus-faced,
two-timing,
duplicitous,
perjured,
perfidious,
untrue,
fictitious,
falsified,
fabricated,
fallacious,
invented,
made up,
hollow,
economical with the truth,
terminologically inexact,
unveracious,
Origin:
early 17th century: from Latin mendax, mendac- ‘lying’ (related to mendum ‘fault’) + -ious.
