She called him a dirty liar. she knew he was a liar when he started claiming that he was an astronaut
Recent Examples on the WebNow, the mustachioed misfit is taking on the concept of truth itself with his first novel, Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance, about a compulsive liar named Marsha Sprinkle. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 17 Aug. 2022 Being hopelessly unreliable and a compulsive liar will have that effect. Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Aug. 2022 Maloney opened that hearing by calling Darren Woods, the CEO of ExxonMobil a liar and comparing him and his fellow chief executives to the CEOs of the tobacco companies of the 1990s. David Blackmon, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2022 Here's the infamous liar caught on tape mid-testimony. Darren Franich, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2022 Admittedly, the clean beauty makeup trend is a beautiful liar. R29 Unbothered, refinery29.com, 18 July 2022 Michael puts in a good effort with the ruse, but Brittany is an awful liar. Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 11 July 2022 When Navarro describes himself as ruthless, unscrupulous and a liar, he should be taken at his word.Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2022 But Charlie also was a liar, a con man, a cheat with an even darker side than scamming people out of their life savings.Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2022 See More
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
Time Traveler
The first known use of liar was before the 12th century
ADJECTIVE | VERB + LIAR | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤accomplished, good技藝高超的說謊者◇She's an accomplished liar-they believed every word she said.她說謊的技藝真是高超,她說什麼他們都相信。➤bad, poor蹩腳的說謊者▸➤big, terrible愛說謊的人;厲害的說謊者◇He's the biggest liar I've ever known.他是我所知道的最能說謊的傢伙了。➤compulsive, habitual, pathological說謊成性的人VERB + LIAR➤call sb稱某人為說謊者◇Are you calling me a liar?你是說我撒謊嗎?PHRASES➤you little liar!你個小騙子!◇You little liar-I never said that!你個小騙子 - 我可從沒那麼說過!