prevaricate
English Thesaurus
1. be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | misinform, mislead, |
| definition | : | give false or misleading information to (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | fibbing, paltering, |
| definition | : | a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | lie, prevarication, |
| definition | : | a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | equivocation, evasion, |
| definition | : | a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | liar, prevaricator, |
| definition | : | a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | fibbing, paltering, |
| definition | : | a trivial act of lying or being deliberately unclear (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | lie, prevarication, |
| definition | : | a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | equivocation, evasion, |
| definition | : | a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth (noun.communication) |
| derivation | : | liar, prevaricator, |
| definition | : | a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly (noun.person) |
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