adj
Meaning 1
Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
untruthful
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adj
Meaning 2
Pertaining to falsehood; corrupt; dishonest.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
not expressing or given to expressing the truth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the statement given under oath was untruthful
- an untruthful person
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: truthful
History
Etymology
From un- + truthful. Compare Middle English untreuthfull, untrowþeful, wntreuthtfull (“unbelieving, infidel”).
Across languages
Translations
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: كَاذِب (kāḏib) — not giving the truth, lying
- Bulgarian: лъжлив (lǎžliv) — not giving the truth, lying
- Finnish: valheellinen — not giving the truth, lying
- French: menteur — not giving the truth, lying
- Galician: mentireiro — not giving the truth, lying
- German: unwahrheitlich — not giving the truth, lying
- Italian: bugiardo — not giving the truth, lying
- Latin: mendax — not giving the truth, lying
- Romanian: neveridic — not giving the truth, lying
- Romanian: fals — not giving the truth, lying
- Romanian: mincinos — not giving the truth, lying
- Scottish Gaelic: breugach — not giving the truth, lying
- Spanish: embustero — not giving the truth, lying
- Spanish: mentiroso — not giving the truth, lying
- Bulgarian: нечестен (nečesten) — dishonest
- Finnish: epärehellinen — dishonest
- French: malhonnête — dishonest
- German: unehrlich — dishonest
- Tagalog: sinungaling — dishonest