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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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