Synonyms for fibbing

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fib

Phonetic Transcription : fɪb

Top 10 synonyms for fibbing

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Définition of fibbing

Origin : 1680s, from fib (n.). Related: Fibbed; fibbing.

verb tell an undetailed lie

Example sentences :

The only time women do at all well in fibbing is to each other.
Extract from : « The Gorgeous Girl » by Nalbro Bartley

And that was uttered in such a way as to declare that Mrs. Western had been fibbing.
Extract from : « Kept in the Dark » by Anthony Trollope

Caroline was fibbing—or, at least, partly so—but Rose had no way of knowing that.
Extract from : « Billie Bradley at Three Towers Hall » by Janet D. Wheeler

As Marjory was not in the habit of fibbing, she didn't know what to say.
Extract from : « The Castaways of Pete's Patch » by Carroll Watson Rankin

I have no idea of going to the ball, and you would be the belle, if you were to attend; so there was no fibbing, was there?
Extract from : « Alone » by Marion Harland

But I got away as quick as I could, for I felt so ashamed because of my fibbing.
Extract from : « A Young Girl's Diary » by An Anonymous Young Girl

I felt she would know I was fibbing if I did fib, so it wasn't worth while.
Extract from : « The Brightener » by C. N. Williamson

You don't think there was any fibbing when I said you were a sure-'nough princess, do you?
Extract from : « Wings of the Wind » by Credo Harris

But I have lived it down; I should like to hear any of them fibbing against me now.
Extract from : « East Lynne » by Mrs. Henry Wood

"I hope it is not due to your fibbing that you are all tangled up," she said.
Extract from : « The Hills of Refuge » by Will N. Harben

Antonyms for fibbing

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