untruthfuladj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈtruːθf(ᵿ)l/, U.S. /ˌənˈtruθfəl/ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > theism > atheism > [adjective]
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unbelievedc1200
unbelieffulc1380
untrowfulc1380
mislevefula1382
mistrowablea1382
mistrowfula1382
mistrowinga1382
unfaithfulc1384
faithlessa1400
unbelievinga1400
untrothfula1400
misbelieffula1425
out of beliefa1425
untraistfulc1480
untruthfulc1480
godless1528
irreligious1561
incredulous1578
atheistical1588
athean1611
atheal1612
atheous1612
beliefless1612
nullifidian1661
atheist1667
unreligious1814
nihilistic1848
know-nothing1862
nescient1863
non-theistic1863
agnostical?a1870
agnostic1870
non-theist1913
no-God1923
c1480 (a1400) St. Machor 846 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) II. 25 Dewenik can to catnes pas, to folk þat þan wntreuthtfull was.
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 101 The traytouris vntreuthfull sais yat the grete Cane is lord of all the warld.
2. Not truthful; untrue.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adjective]
leasea900
liec975
false?c1225
unsoothfasta1300
untruefulc1380
trothlessa1393
fickle-tongue1393
truthlessa1522
lying1535
fabling1548
forging1593
mendacious1616
soothless1803
storytelling1839
unveracious1845
fabricatory1855
untruthful1858
falsidical1866
leasing1873
inveracious1885
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. ]
1858 C. Patmore Betrothal viii, in Angel in House (ed. 2) I. 103 The candid skies At our untruthful strangeness laugh'd.
1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 20 As men become better such theories appear more and more untruthful to them.
Derivatives
unˈtruthfully adv.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adverb]
false1303
falsely1303
untruea1350
lyinglya1382
adulterately1604
mendaciously1626
equivocatingly1652
slanderously1675
unveraciously1850
untruthfully1879
1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Untruthfully.]
1879 Temple Bar Sept. 45 ‘I am sorry’, says Tremaine, untruthfully.
unˈtruthfulness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun]
leasec888
falsec1000
falsedom1297
falsehood1297
bula1300
gabbinga1300
variancea1450
falset1482
mendacity?1540
unverityc1572
truthlessness1662
mendaciousness1829
untruthfulness1830
unveracity1839
inveracity1864
untruism1868
falseship-
1830 T. Carlyle Crit. & Misc. Ess. (1872) III. 53 But it always is our duty..not to avoid unweddedness by untruthfulness.
1863 H. L. Mansel Lett., Lect. & Rev. (1873) 239 The glaring untruthfulness and incongruity of the story.
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