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perfidious

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per·fid·i·ous  (pr-fd-s)
adj.
Of, relating to, or marked by perfidy; treacherous. See Synonyms at faithless.
per·fidi·ous·ly adv.
perfidious [pəˈfɪdɪəs]
adj
guilty, treacherous, or faithless; deceitful
perfidiously  adv
perfidiousness  n
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Adj.1.perfidiousperfidious - tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans; "Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"
punic, treacherous
unfaithful - not true to duty or obligation or promises; "an unfaithful lover"
perfidious
adjective (Literary) treacherous, dishonest, false, corrupt, unfaithful, two-faced, disloyal, deceitful, faithless, untrustworthy, double-dealing, traitorous, double-faced, treasonous, recreant (archaic) She says that politicians are a perfidious breed.
Translations
perfidious [pɜːˈfɪdɪəs] ADJ (liter) → pérfido
perfidious [pərˈfɪdiəs] (literary) adj (= treacherous) → perfide
perfidious
adj, perfidiously
adv (liter) → perfid(e) (liter)
perfidious [pɜːˈfɪdɪəs] adj → perfido/a
perfidious [pɜːˈfɪdɪəs] adj → perfido/a


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Such perfidious Treachery in the merciless perpetrators of the Deed will shock your gentle nature Dearest Marianne as much as it then affected the Delicate sensibility of Edward, Sophia, your Laura, and of Augustus himself.
Love and Friendship by Austen, Jane View in context
Steering to the north, Captain Thorn arrived in a few days at Vancouver's Island, and anchored in the harbor of Neweetee, very much against the advice of his Indian interpreter, who warned him against the perfidious character of the natives of this part of the coast.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
There is no vice, that doth so cover a man with shame, as to be found false and perfidious.
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