Josiah
Senior Member
- Location
- 50 miles east of Cincinnati, OH
belie
[bih-lahy]
Spell Syllables
verb (used with object), belied, belying.
1.to show to be false; contradict:His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
2.to misrepresent:The newspaper belied the facts.
3.to act unworthily according to the standards of (a tradition, one's ancestry, one's faith, etc.).
Example Price inflation indexes belie the actual increase in the cost of living .
[bih-lahy]
Spell Syllables
verb (used with object), belied, belying.
1.to show to be false; contradict:His trembling hands belied his calm voice.
2.to misrepresent:The newspaper belied the facts.
3.to act unworthily according to the standards of (a tradition, one's ancestry, one's faith, etc.).
Example Price inflation indexes belie the actual increase in the cost of living .