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   False

   /fôls/

   

   adjective

   • 1. not according with truth or fact; incorrect: "the allegations were false" Similar incorrectuntruewrongerroneousfallaciousfaultyflaweddistortedinaccurateinexactimpreciseinvalidunfoundeduntruthfulfictitiousconcoctedfabricatedinventedmade uptrumped upunrealcounterfeitforgedfraudulentspuriousmisleadingdeceptiveOpposite correcttruthful
   • ▪ not according with rules or law: "false imprisonment"
   • 2. appearing to be the thing denoted; deliberately made or meant to deceive: "a false passport"
   • ▪ artificial: "false eyelashes" Similar fakeartificialimitationsyntheticsimulatedreproductionreplicaersatzfauxplasticman-madedummymockshambogusso-calledcounterfeitfeignedforgedinformal:phoneyfakeypretendpseudoOpposite genuine
   • ▪ feigned: "a horribly false smile"
   • 3. illusory; not actually so: "sunscreens give users a false sense of security"
   • ▪ used in names of plants, animals, and gems that superficially resemble the thing properly so called, e.g., false oat, false killer whale.
   • 4. treacherous; unfaithful: "a false lover" Similar faithlessunfaithfuldisloyaluntrueinconstantfalse-heartedtreacheroustraitorousperfidioustwo-facedJanus-faceddouble-dealingdouble-crossingdeceitfuldeceivingdeceptivedishonorabledishonestduplicitoushypocriticaluntrustworthyunreliableuntruthfullyingmendaciousinformal:cheatingtwo-timingbackstabbingrare:hollow-hearteddouble-facedOpposite faithful

   Word Origin Old Englishfals ‘fraud, deceit’, from Latin falsum ‘fraud’, neuter past participle of fallere ‘deceive’; reinforced or re-formed in Middle English from Old French fals, faus ‘false’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. falseness noun

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