odious lie

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• lie# — lie vb Lie, prevaricate, equivocate, palter, fib mean to tell an untruth directly or indirectly. Lie is the straightforward word, flatly imputing dishonesty to the speaker {he lies, and he knows he lies Johnson} {the article . . . has… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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• o´di|ous|ness — o|di|ous «OH dee uhs», adjective. very displeasing; hateful; offensive: »an odious smell. You told a lie, an odious damned lie (Shakespeare). The unhappy woman…whose image became more odious to him every day (George Eliot). SYNONYM(S): detestable …   Useful english dictionary

• o´di|ous|ly — o|di|ous «OH dee uhs», adjective. very displeasing; hateful; offensive: »an odious smell. You told a lie, an odious damned lie (Shakespeare). The unhappy woman…whose image became more odious to him every day (George Eliot). SYNONYM(S): detestable …   Useful english dictionary

• o|di|ous — «OH dee uhs», adjective. very displeasing; hateful; offensive: »an odious smell. You told a lie, an odious damned lie (Shakespeare). The unhappy woman…whose image became more odious to him every day (George Eliot). SYNONYM(S): detestable,… …   Useful english dictionary

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