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faithless
faith·less F0018700 (fāth′lĭs)adj.1. a. Not true to duty or obligation; disloyal or unfaithful.b. Breaking trust in a marriage or relationship by having sexual relations with someone other than one's spouse or sexual partner. 2. Having no religious faith.
faith′less·ly adv.faith′less·ness n.Synonyms: faithless, unfaithful, false, disloyal, traitorous, 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 servant.
False emphasizes deceitfulness or duplicity: "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.
Perfidious often connotes vile or contemptible behavior: "The propagandists also highlighted atrocities committed by enemy soldiers, in order to demonstrate the perfidious qualities of the enemy nation" (David A. Bell).faithless (ˈfeɪθlɪs) adj1. unreliable or treacherous2. dishonest or disloyal3. having no faith or trust4. lacking faith, esp religious faith ˈfaithlessly adv ˈfaithlessness nfaith•less (ˈfeɪθ lɪs)
adj. 1. not adhering to allegiance, promises, vows, or duty. 2. not trustworthy; unreliable. 3. lacking trust or belief, esp. without religious faith. [1250–1300] faith′less•ly, adv. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | faithless - having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist"traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithfuldisloyal - deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers" |
faithlessadjective 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.faithlessadjectiveNot true to duty or obligation:disloyal, false, false-hearted, perfidious, recreant, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, untrue.Translationsfaith (feiθ) noun1. trust or belief. She had faith in her ability. 信任 信任2. religious belief. Years of hardship had not caused him to lose his faith. 信仰 信仰3. loyalty to one's promise. to keep/break faith with someone. 信義 信义ˈfaithful adjective1. loyal and true; not changing. a faithful friend; faithful to his promise. 忠實的 忠实的2. true or exact. a faithful account of what had happened. 詳實的 正确的ˈfaithfully adverb 忠誠地 忠诚地Yours faithfully a polite way of ending a formal (usually business) letter which starts with `Dear Sir` or `Dear Madam`. In American English `Sincerely yours` or `Truly yours` is used. （信尾用語）敬上，謹致 （信尾用语）你的忠实的，谨致 ˈfaithfulness noun 誠實 诚实ˈfaithless adjective 不守信用的，不忠實的 不守信用的，不可靠的 ˈfaithlessness noun 不守信用，不忠實 不守信用，不可靠 in (all) good faith sincerely. She made the offer in good faith. 真誠地 真诚地EncyclopediaSeeFaithlessnessfaithless
Synonyms for faithlessadj disloyalSynonyms- disloyal
- unreliable
- unfaithful
- untrustworthy
- doubting
- false
- untrue
- treacherous
- dishonest
- fickle
- perfidious
- untruthful
- traitorous
- unbelieving
- inconstant
- false-hearted
- recreant
Synonyms for faithlessadj not true to duty or obligationSynonyms- disloyal
- false
- false-hearted
- perfidious
- recreant
- traitorous
- treacherous
- unfaithful
- untrue
Synonyms for faithlessadj having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitorSynonyms- traitorous
- treasonable
- treasonous
- unfaithful
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