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False
false adjective1.not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality; "gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of bravery"[ant: true]2.arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"3.erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false alarm"4.deliberately deceptive; "false pretenses"5.inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes"[syn: delusive]6.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"[syn: fake]7.designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"8.inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing was off key"9.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"[syn: assumed]10.(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers prove untrue" adverb1.in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false"[syn: faithlessly] |
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