Associations to the word «Belie»

Wiktionary

BELIE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To lie around; encompass.
BELIE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) (of an army) To surround; beleaguer.
BELIE, verb. (transitive) To tell lies about; to slander. [from 13th c.]
BELIE, verb. (transitive) To give a false representation of, to misrepresent. [from 17th c.]
BELIE, verb. (transitive) To contradict, to show (something) to be false. [from 17th c.]
BELIE, verb. (transitive) (perhaps nonstandard) To be shown false by contradicting (something) that is true; to conceal the contradictory or ironic presence of (something).
BELIE, verb. (transitive) (perhaps nonstandard) To show, evince, demonstrate: to show (something) to be present, particularly something deemed contradictory or ironic.
BELIE, verb. (obsolete) To mimic; to counterfeit.
BELIE, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To fill with lies.

Dictionary definition

BELIE, verb. Be in contradiction with.
BELIE, verb. Represent falsely; "This statement misrepresents my intentions".

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King