adj
untruthful
Untruthful (adj) means Likely to say things that are not true.
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1
Likely to say things that are not true.
"He who obeys not the good Shepherd of the soul and heart has an untruthful mind; a mind filled with fallacies; a mind of wrong resolvings and concludings."
— Ann Ree Colton, The soul and the ethic (1965)
2
Connected with dishonesty or lies rather than honest dealing.
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Etymology
From un- + truthful. Compare Middle English untreuthfull, untrowþeful, wntreuthtfull (“unbelieving, infidel”).
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What is the meaning of untruthful?
"untruthful" (adj) means likely to say things that are not true.
What is the opposite of untruthful?
The opposite of "untruthful" is truthful.
What are the different meanings of untruthful?
"untruthful" has 2 main meanings: 1. Likely to say things that are not true; 2. Connected with dishonesty or lies rather than honest dealing.
