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What is another word for prevaricating?

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Verb

Present participle for to evade the truth, typically by being ambiguous

Present participle for to tell lies or untruths

Present participle for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

Present participle for to make a false show or pretense of

Present participle for to deliberately act evasively in order to gain time or postpone a decision

Adjective

Ambiguous in nature, typically as an avoidance tactic

Of or pertaining to perjury

Noun

The act of speaking falsehoods or dissimulating misinformation

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Verb

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Present participle for to evade the truth, typically by being ambiguous

temporising^UK

temporizing^US

evading

sidestepping

paltering

cavilling^UK

caviling^US

beating about the bush

parrying questions

humming and hawing

sidestepping the issue

ducking the issue

beating around the bush

stalling for time

waffling

fudging

weaseling^US

weaselling^UK

playing it close to the vest

shifting ground about

giving the run around

playing your cards close to your chest

balking^US

baulking^UK

beating about the bush about

keeping changing your mind

wasting time

chopping and changing

going from one extreme to the other

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“They can dodge or prevaricate or just hang up when dealing with a voice on the phone.”

Verb

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Present participle for to tell lies or untruths

coloring^US

colouring^UK

biasing^US

biassing^UK

quoting out of context

building up

giving a false idea of

covering up

giving a false account of

passing off

blowing smoke

taking out of context

dramatizing^US

dramatising^UK

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“Why should we believe you when it is well known that all lawyers prevaricate?”

Verb

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Present participle for to tell a lie or something that is untrue

departing from the truth

not telling the truth

trumping up

making up

telling a terminological inexactitude

creating fiction

telling a fib

speaking with forked tongue

pulling the wool over someone's eyes

telling a little white lie

pulling someone's leg

putting on the wrong track

throwing off the scent

putting on

sending on a wild goose chase

leading up the garden path

bearing false witness

creating out of thin air

giving the wrong impression

outwitting

giving someone a bum steer

victimising^UK

putting up smoke screen

ripping off

putting on an act

giving wrong information to

catching

ensnaring

pulling a swifty on

leading down the garden path

double-crossing

pulling a fast one on

putting on false front

victimizing^US

leading up garden path

saying something untrue

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Present participle for to make a false show or pretense of

Verb

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Present participle for to deliberately act evasively in order to gain time or postpone a decision

temporising^UK

temporizing^US

beating about the bush

using delaying tactics

gaining time

taking your time

playing a waiting game

stalling for time

avoiding committing oneself

avoiding making a decision

using Fabian tactics

kicking the can down the road

beating around the bush

putting off doing something

using dilatory tactics

putting on the back burner

employing delaying tactics

letting something slide

holding off

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Adjective

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Ambiguous in nature, typically as an avoidance tactic

woolly^UK

wooly^US

generalized^US

gray^US

grey^UK

generalised^UK

intentionally misleading

Greek

scrambled

gauzy

blurred round the edges

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Adjective

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Of or pertaining to perjury

economical with the truth

phoney^UK

phony^US

terminologically inexact

not entirely truthful

bearing false witness

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Noun

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The act of speaking falsehoods or dissimulating misinformation

pretence^UK

pretense^US

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

giving false testimony

bearing false witness

false swearing

false statement

false oath

bearing false testimony

oath breaking

forswearing oneself

false testimony

giving false evidence

violation of an oath

making false statements

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