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false in WordNet English dictionary
adjective- adopted in order to deceive
"an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty"
assumed false fictitious fictive pretended put on sham
- inappropriate to reality or facts
"delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"
delusive false
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
"it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator hide"
fake false faux imitation simulated
- not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
"gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"
false
- designed to deceive
"a suitcase with a false bottom"
false
- (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
"a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue"
false untrue
- arising from error
"a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"
false mistaken
- inaccurate in pitch
"a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"
false off-key sour
- deliberately deceptive
"false pretenses"
false
- erroneous and usually accidental
"a false start"; "a false alarm"
false
adverb- in a disloyal and faithless manner
"he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"
faithlessly traitorously treacherously treasonably false faithlessly traitorously treacherously treasonably false
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