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词汇 liar
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Definition of liar in English:

liar

noun ˈlʌɪəˈlaɪ(ə)r
  • A person who tells lies.

    撒谎者

    the man was a notorious liar
    with modifier Shelley wasn't a good liar
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I entirely agree that a lot of spirits are liars and manipulators.
    • People who say that are liars and should be ostracised from the group.
    • If writers use them to disguise their fabrications, I call them liars.
    • They may be impulsive, manipulative, reckless, quarrelsome, and consistent liars.
    • Some fakers are compulsive liars who convince themselves of the truth of their own stories.
    • If natural born leaders are also natural born liars, can we really hold it against them when they do what comes naturally?
    • Of course, being an unrepentant liar and perjurer is better than being a socialist.
    • He was not sure he should place his trust in the words of someone who was a notorious liar and thief.
    • Known hypocrites and liars may, of course, tell the truth about a particular incident.
    • The point of the book is not that all marketers are all liars, but that they're storytellers.
    • When even your own party thinks that you are a liar, you know you are in trouble.
    • That's a mighty weak basis on which to call us frauds, liars, and smear merchants.
    • In a world full of liars, cheaters and the deceitful, who has always given me honesty?
    • The liars, the traitors, the thugs, and the outlaws cannot be handed the destiny of a nation like India.
    • Tests have shown that a sensitive thermal imaging technique which spots heat coming off the face can detect liars.
    • What I mean is that some liars will spend a lot of time convincing themselves and others that they are not really lying at all.
    • To those who call politicians liars and the like, please be optimistic!
    • At worst, such politicians are liars, with the blood of innocents on their hands.
    • We are so inured to the laxness and corruptness, that we defend the bullies and liars.
    • They should not be abandoned to the tender mercies of manipulative liars and gold-diggers.
    Synonyms
    deceiver, fibber, falsifier, teller of lies, teller of untruths, perjurer, false witness, fabricator, equivocator, prevaricator, spinner of yarns
    romancer, fabulist
    informal storyteller
    rare fibster

Origin

Old English lēogere (see lie2, -ar4).

Rhymes

acquire, admire, afire, applier, aspire, attire, ayah, backfire, barbwire, bemire, briar, buyer, byre, choir, conspire, crier, cryer, defier, denier, desire, dire, drier, dryer, dyer, enquire, entire, esquire, expire, fire, flyer, friar, fryer, Gaia, gyre, hellfire, hire, hiya, ire, Isaiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Josiah, Kintyre, latria, lyre, Maia, Maya, Mayer, messiah, mire, misfire, Nehemiah, Obadiah, papaya, pariah, peripeteia, perspire, playa, Praia, prior, pyre, quire, replier, scryer, shire, shyer, sire, skyer, Sophia, spire, squire, supplier, Surabaya, suspire, tier, tire, transpire, trier, tumble-dryer, tyre, Uriah, via, wire, Zechariah, Zedekiah, Zephaniah

Definition of liar in US English:

liar

nounˈlī(ə)rˈlaɪ(ə)r
  • A person who tells lies.

    撒谎者

    the man was a notorious liar
    with modifier Shelley wasn't a good liar
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of course, being an unrepentant liar and perjurer is better than being a socialist.
    • The liars, the traitors, the thugs, and the outlaws cannot be handed the destiny of a nation like India.
    • They should not be abandoned to the tender mercies of manipulative liars and gold-diggers.
    • The point of the book is not that all marketers are all liars, but that they're storytellers.
    • To those who call politicians liars and the like, please be optimistic!
    • Tests have shown that a sensitive thermal imaging technique which spots heat coming off the face can detect liars.
    • What I mean is that some liars will spend a lot of time convincing themselves and others that they are not really lying at all.
    • If natural born leaders are also natural born liars, can we really hold it against them when they do what comes naturally?
    • He was not sure he should place his trust in the words of someone who was a notorious liar and thief.
    • They may be impulsive, manipulative, reckless, quarrelsome, and consistent liars.
    • People who say that are liars and should be ostracised from the group.
    • At worst, such politicians are liars, with the blood of innocents on their hands.
    • Some fakers are compulsive liars who convince themselves of the truth of their own stories.
    • When even your own party thinks that you are a liar, you know you are in trouble.
    • Known hypocrites and liars may, of course, tell the truth about a particular incident.
    • I entirely agree that a lot of spirits are liars and manipulators.
    • In a world full of liars, cheaters and the deceitful, who has always given me honesty?
    • We are so inured to the laxness and corruptness, that we defend the bullies and liars.
    • If writers use them to disguise their fabrications, I call them liars.
    • That's a mighty weak basis on which to call us frauds, liars, and smear merchants.
    Synonyms
    deceiver, fibber, falsifier, teller of lies, teller of untruths, perjurer, false witness, fabricator, equivocator, prevaricator, spinner of yarns

Origin

Old English lēogere (see lie, -ar).

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