Antonyms for untruth
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : uhn-trooth |
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈtruθ |
Definition of untruth
Origin :- Old English untreowþ "unfaithfulness," from un- (1) "not" + truth. Cf. Old Norse utrygð. Meaning "falsehood" is attested from mid-15c., as is that of "a lie."
- noun falsehood
- First you must have a flogging for having told an untruth, then we will see to the rest.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- I do not suppose, my dear, that you intentionally told an untruth; it was an exaggeration.
- Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various
- "Y—es," he hesitatingly said, for an untruth he would not tell.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- I feared for an instant that you would tell me an untruth, and that would have hurt me.
- Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
- But if any one says that this is not my teaching, he is speaking an untruth.
- Extract from : « Apology » by Plato
- He regretted that, being as he was convinced of its untruth.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- His kind is too arrogant, too self-confident to have recourse to untruth.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- He was a simple man, without any crook of craft or untruth, as is plain to all.
- Extract from : « Henry the Sixth » by John Blacman
- On the one hand, what follows from the untruth of the assumption?
- Extract from : « Essays: Scientific, Political, & Speculative, Vol. I » by Herbert Spencer
- But the charming girl had no idea of being guilty of an untruth.
- Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
Synonyms for untruth
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