Definitions for half-truth

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Spelling: [haf-trooth, hahf-]
IPA: /ˈhæfˌtruθ, ˈhɑf-/

Half-Truth is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 158 anagrams from letters in half-truth (-afhhlrttu).

Definitions for half-truth

noun

  1. a statement that is only partly true, especially one intended to deceive, evade blame, or the like.
  2. a statement that fails to divulge the whole truth.

Origin of half-truth

First recorded in 1650-60

Examples for half-truth

“There is so much myth and half-truth wrapped around the A-10,” the official said.

He may tell a half-truth and obscure the rest by his brevity.

This is a half-truth, and like all half-truths it conceals a most dangerous fallacy.

Billy's denial, his hesitation, his half-truth all looked suspicious to him.

But the statement is happily only the half-truth, which is almost a complete falsehood.

To say that he is a terrible actor is to utter a half-truth.

The half-truth is—that Bettina loves me, and that I must not break her heart.

There is nothing so dangerous as a half-truth; it is worse than a whole lie.

From them the thoughtful will learn how to complete a 'half-truth' often reiterated.

This is a good basis for finding a half-truth in Bburs statement.

Word Value for half-truth
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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