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False

adjective

(compar. falser; superl. falsest)

1.

Not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality. "False tales of bravery" Antonym: true.

2.

Arising from error. Synonym: mistaken. "A mistaken view of the situation"

3.

Erroneous and usually accidental. "A false alarm"

4.

Deliberately deceptive.

5.

Inappropriate to reality or facts. Synonym: delusive. "Delusive expectations" , "False hopes"

6.

Not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article. Synonyms: fake, faux, imitation, simulated. "Faux pearls" , "False teeth" , "Decorated with imitation palm leaves" , "A purse of simulated alligator hide"

7.

Designed to deceive.

8.

Inaccurate in pitch. Synonyms: off-key, sour. "Her singing was off key"

9.

Adopted in order to deceive. Synonyms: assumed, fictitious, fictive, pretended, put on, sham. "An assumed cheerfulness" , "A fictitious address" , "Fictive sympathy" , "A pretended interest" , "A put-on childish voice" , "Sham modesty"

10.

(used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful. Synonym: untrue. "When lovers prove untrue"

adverb

1.

In a disloyal and faithless manner. Synonyms: faithlessly, traitorously, treacherously, treasonably. "His wife played him false"

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"False" Quotes from Famous Books

... feigned madness. It is when I am angry that I pretend to be angry, so as to present the truth in an obvious and intelligible form. Thus even before the words were distinguishable it was manifest that they were spoken by a man in serious trouble who had false ideas as to what is convincing ...

— The Rhythm of Life • Alice Meynell

... right hand and to the other with the left; for example, if a red light appears he must respond with the right hand, but if a green light appears, with the left. Here he cannot allow himself to become keyed up to as high a pitch as in the simple reaction, for if he does he will make many false reactions. Therefore, the choice reaction time is longer than the simple reaction time—about a ...

— Psychology - A Study Of Mental Life • Robert S. Woodworth

... false construction on my words. I was alluding to Miss Sandus, as you 're perfectly well aware. Madame Torrebianca is n't seventy-four, nor anything near it. She's not twenty-four. Say about twenty-five and a fraction. With such hair too—and such frocks—and ...

— The Lady Paramount • Henry Harland

... can come to me," he cried, "but only if I prove false to you and lose your love. My promise I will keep, and all the more for that I see the Princess Joceliande hath set ...

— Ensign Knightley and Other Stories • A. E. W. Mason

... its minaret day by day rings out—not the proclamation of the Name, but—'There is no God but God, and Mahomet is His Prophet.' The Pharos that ought to have shone out over stormy seas has been seized by wreckers, and its light is blinded, and false lights lure the mariner to the shoals ...

— Expositions of Holy Scripture - Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Numbers • Alexander Maclaren

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