perfidious

per·fid·i·ous (p

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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.

perfidious - 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 [pə^rˈfɪdiəs] (literary) adj (= treacherous) → perfide

perfidious

adj, perfidiously

adv (liter) → perfid(e) (liter)

perfidious [pɜːˈfɪdɪəs] adj → perfido/a

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apostate
dishonest
Disleal
disloyal
double-dealing
faithful
faithless
faithlessly
faithlessness
false
insincere
loyal
lying
Machiavellian
mendacious
perfidiously
Perfidiousness
perfidy
Proditorious

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.

The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context

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