كذب

Meaning

Verb

1. (intransitive) to lie, to not tell the truth
2. (intransitive) to lie, to not tell the truth
3. to deceive

Noun

1. (form-of, noun-from-verb, uncountable) verbal noun of كَذَبَ (kaḏaba) (form I)
2. (uncountable) lying
3. (uncountable) lie, falsehood, untruth

Adj

false

Concepts

lie

prevarication

falsehood

deceive

prevaricate

delude

mislead

contradict

untruth

falsity

cheat

tell a lie

deceit

defraud

deny

disbelieve

err

evasiveness

falseness

featherbed

fib

hesitancy

indulge

jive

lied

lying

mendacity

misinform

mollycoddle

oppose

pamper

refute

spoil

submit

untruthfulness

double cross

lead on

accuse of lying

baby

👶

mistruth

bamboozle

beguile

betray

bilk

bullshit

cocker

coddle

con

controvert

cosset

Opposite of

صَدَّقَ, صَدَّقَ بِـ

Synonyms

خدع

ضلل

غش

عامل برفق

أرهق

تمدد

ضلّل

ظل

مين

تعطل

سلق

نهب

تلف

كدر

استلقى

اضطجع

بدد

خاتل

خرب

دجل

دلل

زور

شوه

ضل

فسد

قام بأعمال السلب

أثقل

كمن في

حظي بالقبول

أذْعن

اعترض

دلّل

سلّم

جثم

دلّع

عادى

عارض

غشّ

فنّد

قاوم

كمن

نكر

ناقض

رفض

تعارض

أكذوبة

خَالَفَ

خَدَعَ

خَضَعَ

كَذَّبَ

Translations

mentida

mensonge

mentira

Lüge

ψέμμα

mentire

mentir

messorga

bugia

mentira

ψεύδομαι

yalan

leugen

menterie

Etymology

From the root ك ذ ب (k ḏ b). Cognate with Hebrew כָּזָב (kazáv, “to lie, to deceive, to mislead”) and Classical Syriac ܟܕܒܐ (kaddɑvɑ, “liar”).