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• “he behaved treacherously“
• “his wife played him false“

Synonyms

• faithlessly in a disloyal and faithless manner
• traitorously in a disloyal and faithless manner
• treacherously in a disloyal and faithless manner
• treasonably in a disloyal and faithless manner

• “gave false testimony under oath“
• “false tales of bravery“

• “a false assumption“
• “a mistaken view of the situation“

Synonyms

• mistaken wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment; arising from error

• “a false start“
• “a false alarm“

• “false pretenses“

• “delusive faith in a wonder drug“
• “delusive expectations“
• “false hopes“

Synonyms

• delusive inappropriate to reality or facts

• “being an imitation of the genuine article“
• “it isn’t fake anything“
• “it’s real synthetic fur“
• “faux pearls“
• “false teeth“
• “decorated with imitation palm leaves“
• “a purse of simulated alligator hide“

Synonyms

• fake fraudulent; not genuine or real; make a copy of with the intent to deceive; tamper, with the purpose of deception; speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths; something that is a counterfeit; a person who makes deceitful pretenses ; (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
• faux not genuine or real
• imitation not genuine or real; the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations ; something copied or derived from an original ; copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else ; a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
• simulated not genuine or real; reproduced or made to resemble

• “a suitcase with a false bottom“

• “a false (or sour) note“
• “her singing was off key“

Synonyms

• off-key inaccurate in pitch
• sour go sour or spoil; make sour or more sour ; a cocktail made of a liquor (especially whiskey or gin) mixed with lemon or lime juice and sugar ; the taste experience when vinegar or lemon juice is taken into the mouth ; the property of being acidic ; smelling of fermentation or staleness ; having a sharp biting taste ; one of the four basic taste sensations; in an unpalatable state; inaccurate in pitch; showing a brooding ill humor

• “an assumed name“
• “an assumed cheerfulness“
• “a fictitious address“
• “fictive sympathy“
• “a pretended interest“
• “a put-on childish voice“
• “sham modesty“

Synonyms

• assumed adopted in order to deceive
• fictitious formed or conceived by the imagination; adopted in order to deceive
• fictive adopted in order to deceive; capable of imaginative creation
• pretended adopted in order to deceive
• put on adopted in order to deceive; put clothing on one’s body; add to something existing; put on the stove or ready for cooking; carry out (performances); add to the odometer; prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; apply to a surface; fool or hoax; increase (one’s body weight)
• sham adopted in order to deceive; make a pretence of; make believe with the intent to deceive; something that is a counterfeit; a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• “unfaithful“
• “a false friend“
• “when lovers prove untrue“

Synonyms

• untrue not according with the facts; not true to an obligation or trust; not accurately fitted; (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection