faith·less (f th l s)adj. 1. Not true to duty or obligation; disloyal. 2. Having no religious faith. 3. Unworthy of faith or trust; unreliable. faith less·ly adv.faith less·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. |
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| Adv. | 1. | faithlessly - in a disloyal and faithless manner; "he behaved treacherously"; "his wife played him false" |
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