noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an incorrigible liar/rogue etc
congenital liar
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He’s a congenital liar .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
big
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Anyway, everybody knows you're the biggest liar in the mill.
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Maybe this kid was just one big liar .
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The white father promised long ago that I could go back to my home, but the white men are big liars .
congenital
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A day didn't pass now during which it failed to occur to her that she had borne two congenital liars .
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Safire, who ungentlemanly called Hillary a congenital liar , knows something of which he speaks.
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Of course, in that environment, being a congenital liar was small potatoes.
good
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But I don't think you're quite as good a liar as you think you are.
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A good liar and a bold thief he may be, but on most counts Tutilo is as innocent as a babe.
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Each of us was a good liar .
■ VERB
call
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Each calls the other a liar .
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Whoever heard of calling a nun a liar ?
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He called me a liar , he hung up on me, he called me stupid.
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He didn't actually call her a liar out loud, but it was clear that he didn't believe her.
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Safire, who ungentlemanly called Hillary a congenital liar , knows something of which he speaks.
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To call some one a liar is downright insulting.
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Was he supposed to call them liars ?
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
compulsive overeater/gambler/spender/liar etc
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Characters are apparently motiveless, compulsive liars, who shy from eye contact.
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I imagine compulsive gamblers get started this way.
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Mel is a compulsive liar too, but I guess Steve is too self-obsessed to care.
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Most compulsive gamblers are not hugely successful.
inveterate liar/smoker/womanizer etc
professional liar/complainer etc
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He's a professional complainer - I've encountered hundreds of them in my time.
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Maurice breaks his promises so consistently that he begins to seem a professional liar.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Coleman described the president as a "pathological liar " and "a criminal in the White House."
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She may be stupid, but she's not a liar .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But I don't think you're quite as good a liar as you think you are.
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For Hugh the world was almost chock-full of traitors and liars and fools.
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He can't possibly be a scientist and at the same time such a dreadful liar .
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Of course, in that environment, being a congenital liar was small potatoes.
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We condemn the liar , blame the cheat, and excuse innocent error.