(be-ly-ing) 3 syllables

Definition


verb.
to give a false impression; to contradict or prove false

Example Sentence

Her smile was belying her true feelings.

Synonyms

misrepresent; deceive; disguise

Antonyms

reveal; expose

Rhymes

  • buying
  • crying
  • drying
  • dyeing
  • dying
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • flying
  • frying
  • guying
  • lying
  • plying
  • prying
  • shying
  • sighing
  • spying
  • tieing
  • trying
  • tying
  • vying

  • allying
  • applying
  • belying
  • complying
  • decrying
  • defying
  • denying
  • implying
  • relying
  • replying
  • retrying
  • supplying
  • undying

  • misapplying
  • overflying
  • overlying
  • semidrying
  • underlying

  • indemnifying