You lie down, but you lay something down. Lie does not require a direct object. Lay requires a direct object. The same rule applies to laying and lying (not lieing—beware of spelling).

Loathsome sentence example. She frequently walks a dog, a loathsome animal who fails to warm to my affection. Sheep-scab is a loathsome skin disease due to an acarian parasite.

adjective. causing feelings of loathing; disgusting; revolting; repulsive: a loathsome skin disease.

In this page you can discover 36 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for whopper, like: tale, great lie, falsehood, fabrication, a big one, lie, story, big, remarkable, untruth and giant. Trending topics.

Word forms: whoppers If you describe a lie as a whopper, you mean that it is very far from the truth.

The first word, “lying”, is spelled correctly, and the other — “lieing” is not. Lying is present participle of lie. The past tense of lay is laid, but be careful with the past tense of lie —there are two options.

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Know When Someone is Lying: 7 Types of Lies

• Error—a lie by mistake.
• Omission – leaving out relevant information.
• Restructuring—distorting the context.
• Denial—refusing to acknowledge a truth.
• Minimization—reducing the effects of a mistake, a fault, or a judgment call.
• Exaggeration—representing as greater, better, more experienced, more successful.

Pathological lying, also known as mythomania and pseudologia fantastica, is the chronic behavior of compulsive or habitual lying. Unlike telling the occasional white lie to avoid hurting someone’s feelings or getting in trouble, a pathological liar seems to lie for no apparent reason.