Synonyms for untruth

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uhn-trooth

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈtruθ

Définition 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

Example sentences :

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

Antonyms for untruth

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