false (
http://definr.com/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 aligator
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]