belie
\ bih-LAHY \, verb;
1.to show to be false; contradict: His trembling hands belied his calm voice .
2.to misrepresent: The newspaper belied the facts .
3.to act unworthily according to the standards of (a tradition, one's ancestry, one's faith, etc.).
4.Archaic . to lie about; slander.
Quotes:
“We are home,” he said. “It is all right here.” His voice belied his words. I wanted to check if he had the medicine he needed for his heart condition, but the call dropped.
-- Basharat Peer, "Waters Close Over Kashmir," The New Yorker , September 23, 2014
Although she must have known that she was considered something of a beauty in the Valley, the very way she walked into a room belied that knowledge, announced her certain faith in her inability to please.
-- Joan Didion, "Run River ," 1963
Origin:
Belie entered English prior to 1000, and is formed with the prefix be- meaning "around," and the verb lie meaning "to speak falsely."
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