mendacious
adjective
- given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth; lying
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /mɛnˈdeɪʃəs/
adj
Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French mendacieux, from Latin mendācium (“lie, untruth”), from mendāx (“lying”), + -ious.
- Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
“He was dismissed as a mendacious witness.”
- False or untrue.
“mendacious propaganda”
“utterly mendacious”