WORD OF THE DAY - LIE -

Thesaurus-Synonyms  LIE

'lie' noun an untrue statement that a person makes to deceive someone: He told her he was single, but that was a lie. * ψέμα, ψεύδος, ψευτιά

[falsehood] (formal) an untrue statement: Someone has been spreading falsehoods about me. * ψευδολογία, μύθευμα, ψευτιά

[fib] (informal) a lie that is not very serious: She told a tiny fib about her age. * ιδ. ψεματάκι, αθώο ψέμα

[perjury] the crime of telling a lie when under oath in a court of law: The witness has been charged with perjury. * ψευδορκία, ψευδομαρτυρία σε δικαστήριο

[porky (pie)] (informal) a lie: He’s been found out telling porkies. * ψέμα

[tall story] a story that someone tells that is difficult to believe, usually because it contains improbably adventurous or romantic events: My grandfather used to tell us tall stories about his adventures in India. * απίθανη ιστορία, μη πιστευτή λόγω απίθανα περιπετειωδών ή ρομαντικών περιστατικών που εμπεριέχει

[untruth] (formal) an untrue statement: The newspapers have been known to print untruths. * αναλήθεια, ψευδής δήλωση

[white lie] a lie that is told to spare someone’s feelings: When she told her friend she liked her new hairdo, that was just a little white lie. * αθώο ψέμα

[whopper] (informal) a blatant lie: He said he had a private jet - what a whopper! * ιδ. ψεματάρα, «μουσαντό»

taken from the BETSIS ELT DICTIONARY & THESAURUS