desmentir — meaning in English

English meaning

• belie verb To lie around; encompass.
• debunk verb To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something; to refute.
• disprove verb To show that a claim, theory, or belief is false.

Senses

desmentir is used for these senses in English:

• belie (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]
• debunk (transitive) To discredit, or expose to ridicule the falsehood or the exaggerated claims of something.
• disprove (transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute.
• give the lie to (idiomatic, transitive) To reveal or prove (something) to be false; to refute.

belie — full definition

1. verb To lie around; encompass.
2. verb To surround; beleaguer.

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