false
adj 1: not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality;
"gave false testimony under oath"; "false tales of
bravery" [ant: {true}]
2: arising from error; "a false assumption"; "a mistaken view
of the situation" [syn: {mistaken}]
3: erroneous and usually accidental; "a false start"; "a false
alarm"
4: deliberately deceptive; "hollow (or false) promises"; "false
pretenses" [syn: {hollow}]
5: inappropriate to reality or facts; "delusive faith in a
wonder drug"; "delusive expectations"; "false hopes" [syn:
{delusive}]
6: not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine
article; "it isn't fake anything; it's real synthetic
fur"; "faux pearls"; "false teeth"; "decorated with
imitation palm leaves"; "a purse of simulated alligator
hide" [syn: {fake}, {faux}, {imitation}, {simulated}]
7: designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"
8: inaccurate in pitch; "a false (or sour) note"; "her singing
was off key" [syn: {off-key}, {sour}]
9: adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed
cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy";
"a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham
modesty" [syn: {assumed}, {fictitious}, {fictive}, {pretended},
{put on}, {sham}]
10: (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or
affection; unfaithful; "a false friend"; "when lovers
prove untrue" [syn: {untrue}]
adv : in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved
treacherously"; "his wife played him false" [syn: {faithlessly},
{traitorously}, {treacherously}, {treasonably}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0