Meaning

2 senses
  1. Someone who tells a lie; especially, a person who frequently lies.

    Lügner, Lügnerin

    лгунlgun, лгу́ньяlgúnʹja, лжецlžec

    бреху́нbrexún, бреху́хаbrexúxa, бреху́нкаbrexúnka

    a person who has lied or who lies repeatedly

  2. (obsolete)A swabber responsible for cleaning the outside parts of the ship rather than the cabins, a role traditionally assigned to a person caught telling a lie the previous week.

Examples

438 sentences
  1. You said I was a liar.

    Ти сказав, що я брехун.

    ruТы сказал, что я лгунья.

    deDu sagtest, dass ich ein Lügner sei.

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  2. Everybody knows that you're a liar.

    Всі знають, що ти брехун.

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  3. Everyone knows that you're a liar.

    Всі знають, що ти брехун.

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  4. I know Tom is a liar.

    Я знаю, що Том брехун.

    ruЯ знаю, что Том — обманщик.

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  5. He accused me of being a liar.

    Він звинуватив мене в брехні.

    ruОн обвинил меня в том, что я лгун.

    deEr bezichtigte mich, ein Lügner zu sein.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
one who tells lies:
Deutsch
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one who tells lies:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English lier, liere, lyere, liȝer, lieȝer, legher, from Old English

Inherited from Middle English lier, liere, lyere, liȝer, lieȝer, legher, from Old English lēgere, lēogere (“liar, false witness, hypocrite”), from Proto-West Germanic *leugārī, from Proto-Germanic *leugārijaz (“liar”), from *leuganą (“to lie”) + *-ārijaz, equivalent to lie + -ar. More at lie.

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Forms

plural: liars
Singularliar
Pluralliars

regular

Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

8 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • is a liar
  • very good liar
  • a good liar
  • good liar
  • a pathological liar
  • pathological liar
  • better liar than
  • better better liar
  • bad liar
  • being a liar
  • a bad liar
  • not a liar

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
liar — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto