belie
to give a false impression of or contradict
Word origin: From Old English beleogan, to deceive by lying (be- about plus leogan to lie).
Belie in a sentence
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Her calm voice belied the panic she felt inside.
His calm voice belied the panic that had gripped him only moments earlier.
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Verbal · Text Completion
The historian argued that the empire's collapse was not blank but the predictable outcome of decades of fiscal mismanagement that contemporaries had simply refused to acknowledge.
Using “belie” well
Belie means to give a false impression of something or to contradict it, which can confuse test-takers since it points two ways. Often the outward sign belies the hidden reality, masking what is truly there.
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