She called him a dirty liar.
she knew he was a liar when he started claiming that he was an astronaut
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But if his statement is false, then not all Cretans are liars, which therefore means that his statement could be true.—Abubakar Adam Ibrahim, The Dial, 4 Mar. 2025 The first victim came forward in 2018, but she was called a liar by the administration at El Crystal and recanted, prosecutors said.—Jason Green, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2025 Anyone saying it’s being done for our health is either a liar or an idiot.—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 21 Feb. 2025 The Hold, its halls bereft of the zealots, liars, and dung-eating murderers who haunt it in Elden Ring, feels empty and perfunctory.—Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 19 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for liar
Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Old English lēogere, from lēogan to lie — more at lie
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of liar was
before the 12th century
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