English > belie: 2 senses > verb 2, communication| Meaning | represent falsely. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Synonym | misrepresent |
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| Narrower | falsify, distort, garble, warp | make false by mutilation or addition |
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| feign, sham, pretend, affect, dissemble | make believe with the intent to deceive / deceive |
| sentimentalize, sentimentalise | look at with sentimentality or turn into an object of sentiment |
| Broader | represent | Serve as a means of expressing something |
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| Spanish | contradecir, desfigurar, desvirtuar, falsificar, tergiversar |
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| Catalan | desfigurar, falsificar, tergiversar |
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