belied
Showed wasn't true
Belied is the past tense of belie, meaning to contradict or give a false impression of something.
Her calm expression belied the anxiety she felt.
A cheerful tone can belie bad news.
To belie is also to fail to fulfill: His performance belied his earlier promise.
Having face covered
- disguisedConcealed true identity
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- cloakedConcealed or covered
hidden · camouflaged · shrouded · dissembled · misrepresented · glossed over · covered up · suppressed
Proved something was wrong
- refutedProved an argument false
- negatedMade invalid or ineffective
- invalidatedMade no longer binding
- underminedWeakened by stealth
countered · discredited · debunked · falsified · controverted · confuted · repudiated · gainsaid
masked
Having face covered
cloaked · hidden · camouflaged · shrouded · dissembled · misrepresented · glossed over · covered up · suppressed · concealed
disproved
Proved something was wrong
- refutedProved an argument false
- negatedMade invalid or ineffective
- invalidatedMade no longer binding
undermined · countered · discredited · debunked · falsified · controverted · confuted · repudiated · gainsaid · gave the lie to
beliedrevealed
Made visible or known
demonstrated · evinced · manifested · reflected · expressed
beliedindicated
Showed or suggested
supported · vouched for · upheld · authenticated · confirmed
- beyond beliefImpossible to credit
- popular beliefsViews held by masses
- true believerCompletely committed adherent
- reasonable beliefOpinion with adequate grounds
- belief systemsCoherent sets of convictions
- belief in GodAcceptance of divine existence
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