liar

[LiĀ·ar]

A liar is someone who doesn't tell the truth. A liar tells lies.

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A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies.

Noun
a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly


n.
A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies.


Liar

Li"ar , n. [OE. liere. See Lie to falsify.] A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies.

A person who knowingly utters falsehood; one who lies.

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Usage Examples

It is no great art to say something briefly when, like Tacitus, one has something to say when one has nothing to say, however, and none the less writes a whole book and makes truth into a liar - that I call an achievement.

It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

I'd be a liar if I said I had a normal family.

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

Anybody who says they are a good liar obviously is not, because any legitimately savvy liar would always insist they're honest about everything.

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity.

Anyone who said he wasn't afraid during the civil rights movement was either a liar or without imagination. I was scared all the time. My hands didn't shake but inside I was shaking.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I love women, but I feel like you can't trust some of them. Some of them are liars, you know? Like I was in the park and I met this girl, she was cute and she had a dog. And I went up to her, we started talking. She told me her dog's name. Then I said, 'Does he bite?' She said, 'No.' And I said, 'Oh yeah? Then how does he eat?' Liar.

Men should pledge themselves to nothing for reflection makes a liar of their resolution.

I think Ralph Nader is the biggest liar in American politics when he said it didn't matter who was president.

I have never lied about my relationship with Bill Clinton. The only proven liar, at this point, and the only admitted liar, is Bill Clinton not Gennifer Flowers, not Kathleen Willey, not Paula Jones and not Monica Lewinsky, at this point. He is the only proven liar.

A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

Above all, I would teach him to tell the truth Truth-telling, I have found, is the key to responsible citizenship. The thousands of criminals I have seen in 40 years of law enforcement have had one thing in common: Every single one was a liar.

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