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faithless

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faith·less  (fthls)
adj.
1. Not true to duty or obligation; disloyal.
2. Having no religious faith.
3. Unworthy of faith or trust; unreliable.

faithless·ly adv.
faithless·ness n.
Synonyms: faithless, unfaithful, false, disloyal, traitorous, treacherous, perfidious
These adjectives mean not true to duty or obligation. Faithless and unfaithful imply failure to adhere to promises, obligations, or allegiances: was faithless to her ideals; an unfaithful spouse.
False emphasizes deceitfulness: "To thine own self be true,/And it must follow, as the night the day,/Thou canst not then be false to any man" (Shakespeare).
One who is disloyal betrays an allegiance: disloyal staff members who exposed the senator's indiscretions.
Traitorous most commonly refers to disloyalty to a government or nation: a traitorous double agent.
Treacherous suggests a propensity for betraying trust or faith: "She gave the treacherous impulse time to subside" (Henry James).
Perfidious suggests vileness of behavior and often deceitfulness: a perfidious assassin.

faithless [ˈfeɪθlɪs]
adj
1. unreliable or treacherous
2. dishonest or disloyal
3. having no faith or trust
4. lacking faith, esp religious faith
faithlessly  adv
faithlessness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.faithlessfaithless - having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist"
disloyal - deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers"

faithless
adjective disloyal, unreliable, unfaithful, untrustworthy, doubting, false, untrue, treacherous, dishonest, fickle, perfidious, untruthful, traitorous, unbelieving, inconstant, false-hearted, recreant (archaic) She decided to divorce her increasingly faithless and unreliable husband.
Translations
faithless [ˈfeɪθlɪs] ADJdesleal, infiel
faithless [ˈfeɪθləs] adj [wife, husband, lover] → infidèle
faithless [ˈfeɪθlɪs] adjinfedele
faithless [ˈfeɪθlɪs] adjinfedele


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Thank God, the first shock of things has abated, now that you have agreed not to look upon me as faithless and an egotist simply because I have deceived you.
Damon, the morning of the eighth day after their desertion by the faithless Jacinto.
They succeeded in overtaking the party of which they were in quest, but concealed their faithless desertion of Scott; alleging that he had died of disease.
 
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