untrue
English
editAlternative forms
edit- untrew (obsolete)
Etymology
editFrom Middle English untrewe, from Old English untrīewe, from Proto-West Germanic *untriuwī, from Proto-Germanic *untriwwiz. Equivalent to un- + true.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ʌnˈtɹuː/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uː
Adjective
edituntrue (comparative more untrue, superlative most untrue)
- False; not true.
- Synonyms: false, inaccurate, incorrect, unveridical, wrong; see also Thesaurus:false
- Antonym: true
- She says that I stole her necklace, but that's completely untrue.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad, Folk and Fairy Tales, page 11:
- "I know it is true, for an untrue word never passed her lips."
- 2004, George Carlin, When Will Jesus Bring the Pork Chops?[1], New York: Hyperion Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 264:
- This statement is untrue.
- Not faithful or loyal.
- Synonyms: false, perfidious, unfaithful
- Antonym: faithful
- 1953, Arthur Hamilton (lyrics and music), “Cry Me a River”:
- Now you say you're sorry / For being so untrue / Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river
- 1971, “Let's Stay Together”, performed by Al Green:
- Let me be the one you come running to / I'll never be untrue
- 2019, “The Night You Didn't Come”, in Becoming Peter Ivers, performed by Peter Ivers:
- Tonight you didn't come / And my senses all were reeling / I had a certain scary feeling you'd been untrue
Derived terms
editCollocations
editnouns
- untrue statement
- untrue things
- untrue story
- untrue information
- untrue words
- untrue claims
- untrue accusations
- untrue rumors
- untrue allegations
- untrue picture
- untrue reports
- untrue man
adverbs
- completely untrue
- entirely untrue
- patently untrue
- absolutely untrue
- totally untrue
- so untrue
- quite untrue
- simply untrue
- obviously untrue
- clearly untrue
- manifestly untrue
Translations
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Further reading
edit- “untrue”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “untrue”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
- “untrue”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.
- “untrue”, in Collins English Dictionary.
- “untrue” (US) / “untrue” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
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