English Dictionary
Definition of “untruthful”
untruthful (ʌnˈtruːθfʊl
)
Definitions
adjective
- (of a person) given to lying
- diverging from the truth; untrue
Alternative Forms
unˈtruthfully adverb unˈtruthfulness noun
Usage examples
Be careful, boy, don't use the sign o "Christ so lightly, if you're being untruthful He will smite you down as sure as I stand here.
Fraser, Christine Marion, Noble Beginnnings (1994)Dreamed up by the global fund managers INVESCO, this advert is as uninformative and it is untruthful.
Spiked (2002)In finding Rea guilty, the judge described him as unreliable and untruthful.
New Zealand Herald (2003)The judge who made the order said he was doing it because businessman Abdullah Masry was "cruel, ruthless, untruthful and insensitive".
Sun, News of the World (2002)`She's here,' he said with a confidence he could not justify, yet he sensed that the steward and his wife were being untruthful.
Bernard Cornwell, GALLOWS THIEF (2002)
