Dictionary
Six public-domain dictionaries, read side by side.
Terms
3,766- Falsehood
- Falsely
- Falseness
- Falser
- Falsetto
- Falsicrimen
- Falsifiable
- Falsification
- Falsificator
- Falsifier
- Falsify
- Falsism
- Falsity
- Falter
- Faltering
- Faluns
- Falwe
- Falx
- Famble
- Fame
- Fameless
- Familiar
- Familiar spirit
- FAMILIAR SPIRITS
- Familiarity
- Familiarization
- Familiarize
- Familiarly
- Familiarness
- Familiary
- Familism
- Familist
- Familistery
- Familistic; Familistical
- Family
- FAMINE.
- Famish
- Famishment
- Famosity
- Famous
- Famoused
- Famously
- Famousness
- Famular
- Famulate
- Famulist
- Fan Palm
- Fan-Nerved
- Fan-Tailed
- Fan-Tan
- FAN.
- Fanal
- Fanatic
- Fanatical
- Fanaticism
- Fanaticize
- Fanatism
- Fancied
- Fancier
- Fanciful
- Fanciless
- Fancy
- Fancy-Free
- Fancy-Sick
- Fancymonger
- Fancywork
- Fand
- Fandango
- Fane
- Fanega
- Fanfare
- Fanfaron
- Fanfaronade
- Fanfoot
- Fang
- Fanged
- Fangle
- Fangled
- Fangleness
- Fangless
- Fangot
- Fanion
- Fanlike
- Fannel
- Fanner
- Fanon
- Fantail
- Fantasia
- Fantasied
- Fantasm
- Fantast
- Fantastic
- Fantastic-Alness
- Fantastical
- Fantasticality
- Fantastically
- Fantasticism
- Fantasticly
- Fantasticness
- Fantastico
- Fantasy
- Fantigue; Fantique
- Fantoccini
- Fantod; Fantad
- Fantom
- Fap
- Faquir
- Far
- Far-About
- Far-Off
- Far-Stretched
- Far-Stretched; Farstretched
- Farad
- Faradic
- Faradism; Faradization
- Faradize
- Farand
- Farandams
- Farandole
- Farantly
- Farce
- Farcement
- Farcical
- Farcilite
- Farcimen; Farcin
- Farcing
- Farctate
- Farcy
- Fard
- Fardage
- Fardel
- Farding-Bag
- Fardingdale
- Fardingdeal
- Fare
- Faren
- Farewell
- Farfet
- Farfetch
- Farfetched
- Farina
- Farinaceous
- Farinose
- Farl
- Farlie
- Farm
- Farmable
- Farmer
- Farmeress
- Farmership
- Farmery
- Farmhouse
- Farming
- Farmost
- Farmstead
- Farmsteading
- Farmyard
- Farness
- Faro
- Faroese
- Farraginous
- Farrago
- Farrand
- Farreation
- Farrier
- Farriery
- Farrow
- Farry
- Farse
- Farseeing
- Farsighted
- Farsightedness
- Farther
- Fartherance
- Farthermore
- Farthermost
- Farthest
- FARTHING.
- Farthingale
- Fasces
- Fascet
- Fascia
- Fascial
- Fasciate; Fasciated
- Fasciation
- Fascicle
- Fascicled
- Fascicular
- Fascicularly
- Fasciculate; Fasciculated
- Fascicule
- Fasciculus
- Fascinate
- Fascination
- Fascine
- Fascinous
- Fasciola
- Fasciole
- Fash
- Fashion
1 entry 1 source
Falsehood
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Want of truth or accuracy; an untrue assertion or representation; error; misrepresentation; falsity. Though it be a lie in the clock, it is but a falsehood in the hand of the dial when pointing at a wrong hour, if rightly following the direction of the wheel which moveth it. Fuller.
2. A deliberate intentional assertion of what is known to be untrue; a departure from moral integrity; a lie.
3. Treachery; deceit; perfidy; unfaithfulness. Betrayed by falsehood of his guard. Shak.
4. A counterfeit; a false appearance; an imposture. For his molten image is falsehood. Jer. x. 14. No falsehood can endure Touch of celestial temper. Milton.
Synonyms: Falsity; lie; untruth; fiction; fabrication. See Falsity.