Thesaurus
belie
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of BELIE
1
to give a misleading impression of <his bright smile belied his actual mood, which was really one of great sadness>
Synonyms misrepresent
Related Words contradict; camouflage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, disguise, hide, mask, obscure; color, deceive, distort, falsify, garble, mislead, misrender, misreport, twist; dissemble, feign, pretend
2
to prove to be false <the latest information belies the old theory>
Synonyms belie, confound, confute, debunk, disconfirm, discredit, falsify, rebut, refute, shoot down
Related Words overthrow, overturn; challenge, contest, query, question; doubt, mistrust; debate, discuss, hash (over), moot, talk over
Near Antonyms document, evidence, evince, record, show, support, witness; back (up), buttress, corroborate, substantiate; adduce, attest, authenticate, certify, identify; demonstrate, display, illustrate, manifest
3
to keep secret or shut off from view <the security council issued false assurances that belied the true gravity of the situation>
Synonyms belie, blanket, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, enshroud, mask, obscure, occult, paper over, screen, shroud, suppress, veil
Related Words bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; becloud, bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade
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