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15 words match “LIAR”

LIAR n.
A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies.
LIARD a. 2 definitions
Gray. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ABJECT a. 4 definitions
as, abject posture, fortune, thoughts. "Base and abject flatterers." Addison. "An abject liar." Macaulay. And banish hence these abject, lowly dreams. Shak.
BORN p. 2 definitions
Having from birth a certain character; by or from birth; by nature; innate; as, a born liar. "A born matchmaker." W. D. Howells. Born again (Theol.), regenerated; renewed; having received spiritual life. "Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God." John iii. 3. -- Born days, days since one was born…
BOUNCER n. 4 definitions
A bold lie; also, a liar. [Collog.] Marryat.
EXPOSE v. 5 definitions
ondemnation or contempt by making public the character or arts of; as, to expose a cheat, liar, or hypocrite.
FALSIFIER n.
One who falsifies, or gives to a thing a deceptive appearance; a liar.
GABBER n. 2 definitions
A liar; a deceiver. [Obs.]
HASTE n. 3 definitions
xcitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence. I said in my haste, All men are liars. Ps. cxvi. 11. To make haste, to hasten.
HIVE n. 6 definitions
A place swarming with busy occupants; a crowd. The hive of Roman liars. Tennyson. Hive bee (Zoöl.), the honeybee.
INSULT v. 6 definitions
nce, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.
LEASER n. 2 definitions
A liar. [Obs.] See Leasing.
PSEUDOLOGIST n.
One who utters falsehoods; a liar.
STORY-TELLER n. 3 definitions
A euphemism or child's word for "a liar."
SWEARER n. 2 definitions
A profane person; one who uses profane language. Then the liars and swearers are fools. Shak.