prevarication Sentence Examples
- The politician's prevarication angered the electorate, who felt they had been misled.
- She suspected her friend of prevarication, as his stories seemed too convenient to be true.
- The witness's prevarication under oath damaged the case's credibility.
- The salesman's prevarication about the product's durability made the customer hesitant to purchase it.
- The press accused the government of prevarication over its handling of the crisis.
- Her prevarication in the interview was obvious, and the interviewer quickly lost patience with her.
- The suspect's prevarication during the interrogation made it difficult for the detectives to determine his motives.
- The scientist's prevarication about his research findings resulted in a retraction of his article.
- The company's prevarication about its financial status led to a severe loss of investor confidence.
- The child's prevarication about eating the cookies was transparent, and his parents knew he was not being truthful.
prevarication Meaning
prevarication (n)
a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
intentionally vague or ambiguous
the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
Synonyms & Antonyms of prevarication
Synonyms:
- equivocation
- misrepresentation
- duplicity
- canard
- myth
- deceit
- libel
- pretense
- obliquity
- slander
- half-truth
- fiction
- falsification
- dishonesty
- fraudulence
- misconception
- tarradiddle
- pretence
- misstatement
- bluff
- perjury
- defamation
- taradiddle
- pose
- misinformation
- deceitfulness
- humbug
- whopper
- nonsense
- fallacy
Antonyms:
FAQs About the word prevarication
a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth, intentionally vague or ambiguous, the deliberate act of deviating from the truth
lie, tale, story, fable, mendacity, falsehood, exaggeration, fib, fabrication, distortion
fact, truth,truth, fact,honesty, truthfulness, veracity, truthfulness, honesty, confirmation
The politician's prevarication angered the electorate, who felt they had been misled.
She suspected her friend of prevarication, as his stories seemed too convenient to be true.
The witness's prevarication under oath damaged the case's credibility.
The salesman's prevarication about the product's durability made the customer hesitant to purchase it.
