Foxiness
Foxiness noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: an imposter of such formidable foxiness that a movie was made of his entertaining escapades
Mendacity
Mendacity noun - The tendency to tell lies.
Usage example: you need to overcome this deplorable mendacity, or no one will ever believe anything you say
Foxiness and mendacity are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foxiness" instead a noun "Mendacity".
Nearby Word: mendacious
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- falsehood and foxiness
- falsehood and mendacity
- deception and foxiness
- deception and mendacity
- artifice and foxiness
- artifice and mendacity
- cunning and foxiness
- cunning and mendacity
- double-dealing and foxiness
- double-dealing and mendacity
- lying and foxiness
- lying and mendacity
- craft and foxiness
- craft and mendacity
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