liar

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li·ar /ˈlaɪə $ -ər/ noun [countableC] → lyre

LIE/TELL A LIEsomeone who deliberately says things which are not true 說謊者

Are you calling me a liar?

你是說我在撒謊？

n COLLOCATIONS

adjectives

a good liar (also an accomplished liar formal) (=someone who tells believable lies)

He's an accomplished liar who lies as easily as other men breathe.

a terrible/poor/rotten liar (=who does not tell believable lies)

You're a rotten liar, Julia. What really happened?

a big liar spoken (=someone who tells big lies)

You're such a big liar!

a habitual/chronic/inveterate liar formal (=who lies a lot)

Drug users are often habitual liars trying to cover up their addiction.

a congenital/pathological/compulsive liar formal (=who tells lies because it is part of their personality to do so)

He called her a congenital liar who would say anything to stay out of trouble.

verbs

call somebody a liar (=say that someone is lying)

Are you calling my mother a liar?

accuse somebody of being a liar

He accused me of being a liar.

Examples from the Corpus

liar• But I don't think you're quite as good a liar as you think you are.• She may be stupid, but she's not a liar.• For Hugh the world was almost chock-full of traitors and liars and fools.• Of course, in that environment, being a congenital liar was small potatoes.• He can't possibly be a scientist and at the same time such a dreadful liar.• Coleman described the president as a "pathological liar" and "a criminal in the White House."• We condemn the liar, blame the cheat, and excuse innocent error.

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