lied

Told an untruth

A lied is a German art song for voice and piano, typically setting poetry to music.

The form flourished in the nineteenth century with composers like Schubert, Schumann, and Brahms: Schubert's lieder include over six hundred songs.

Plural: lieder.

The word is unrelated to the English verb "lied."

German

Schubert

Viennese song composer

  • SchumannNineteenth-century German composer
  • BrahmsRomantic German composer
  • MahlerAustrian composer-conductor

Goethe · art song · Romanticism · song cycle · German poetry

deception

falsehood

Deliberate untrue statement

dishonesty · deceit · deception · mislead · hoax · pretense · trickery · disinformation · falsification · misrepresentation

emotion

betrayal

Breaking of trust

disappointment · anger · shame · regret · suspicion · resentment · heartbreak · disillusionment · confrontation · confession

speech

said

Verbally expressed, past tense

denied · insisted · swore · testified · assured · maintained · declared · professed · alleged · asserted

Categories
Opposites
truthfulness of speech

liedconfessed

Admitted wrongdoing openly

leveled · came clean · disclosed · revealed · admitted

body position

liedstood

Rose to feet

sat · stood up · rose · got up · sat up

Phrases
Family

lie, lies, belied, lieder

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G