mendacious

[men-dey-shuhs]

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adjective

telling lies, especially habitually; dishonest; lying; untruthful: a mendacious person.
false or untrue: a mendacious report.

Origin of mendacious

1610–20; < Latin mendāci- (see mendacity) + -ous

Related formsmen·da·cious·ly, adverbmen·da·cious·ness, nounun·men·da·cious, adjectiveun·men·da·cious·ly, adverb

Antonyms

1, 2. veracious.

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Examples from the Web for mendacious

Contemporary Examples

They created well-intentioned rules—which most mendacious lobbyists have found a way to ignore legally.
Former Lobbyist Jack Abramoff On Congressional Travel Disclosure
Jack Abramoff
July 4, 2014
Ross Douthat wrote in The New York Times that the media coverage of the bill was “mendacious” and “hysterical.”
Are Opponents of Arizona's Anti-Gay Law Eager to Deceive?
Kirsten Powers
March 3, 2014
Why call his speech before the United Nations “defamatory and venomous… full of mendacious propaganda?”
Bibi's Offensive Biblical Allusions
Raphael Magarik
January 7, 2013
Erdogan's description of Israeli behavior toward the Palestinians as "genocidal" is mendacious and inflammatory.
Turkish Hypocrisy
Benny Morris
March 28, 2012
But too few Democrats—and almost no media commentators—have countered the mendacious right-wing storyline.
How Republicans Screwed the Pooch
Paul Begala
July 31, 2011

Historical Examples

Party journalism in the Province of Quebec is peculiarly bitter and mendacious.
The Hunted Outlaw
Anonymous
Bein' a woman, you're too feeble-witted for reason, too mendacious for trooth.'
Faro Nell and Her Friends
Alfred Henry Lewis
With this mendacious explanation Gustavus was forced to be content.
The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa
Paul Barron Watson
The mendacious fiction was framed by the chief priests and elders of the people.
Jesus the Christ
James Edward Talmage
Angie said suddenly and turned with a mendacious inspiration on her brother.
The Fifth Ace
Douglas Grant

Word Origin and History for mendacious

adj.

1610s, from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendacium "a lie, untruth, falsehood, fiction," from mendax (genitive mendacis) "lying, deceitful," from menda "fault, defect, carelessness in writing," from PIE root *mend- "physical defect, fault" (see amend (v.)). The sense evolution of Latin mendax was influenced by mentiri "to speak falsely, lie, deceive." Related: Mendaciously; mendaciousness.

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Examples from the Web for mendacious

Contemporary Examples

They created well-intentioned rules—which most mendacious lobbyists have found a way to ignore legally.

Ross Douthat wrote in The New York Times that the media coverage of the bill was “mendacious” and “hysterical.”

Why call his speech before the United Nations “defamatory and venomous… full of mendacious propaganda?”

Erdogan's description of Israeli behavior toward the Palestinians as "genocidal" is mendacious and inflammatory.

But too few Democrats—and almost no media commentators—have countered the mendacious right-wing storyline.

Historical Examples

Party journalism in the Province of Quebec is peculiarly bitter and mendacious.

Bein' a woman, you're too feeble-witted for reason, too mendacious for trooth.'

With this mendacious explanation Gustavus was forced to be content.

The mendacious fiction was framed by the chief priests and elders of the people.

Angie said suddenly and turned with a mendacious inspiration on her brother.

Word Origin and History for mendacious

adj.

Origin of mendacious