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🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

झूठा साबित करना

Native Script:हिंदी देवनागरी

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jhootha saabit karna

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Belie/bɪˈlaɪ/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"उसकी मुस्कान ने उसके दुख को झुठला दिया।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To fail to give a true impression of something; to disguise or contradict.

    "Her cheerful smile belied the deep sadness she felt inside."
  2. 2

    To show to be false; to contradict or prove untrue.

    "Their actions belie their fine words about supporting the community."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Old English be- (prefix meaning thoroughly or to make) combined with lēogan (to lie or deceive). Over centuries, it evolved from meaning to tell lies about someone to its modern sense of misrepresenting, contradicting, or failing to give a true impression.

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