FAITHLESS

faithless, traitorous, unfaithful, treasonable, treasonous

(adjective) having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; “the faithless Benedict Arnold”; “a lying traitorous insurrectionist”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

faithless (comparative more faithless, superlative most faithless)

Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.

Not believing in God, religion, or a comparable ideology.

Unfaithful (said of people, towards their partners)

Not observant of promises or covenants.

Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows

Synonyms: perfidious, treacherous, disloyal

Serving to disappoint or deceive

Synonyms: delusive, unsatisfying

Anagrams

• flashiest, stalefish

Source: Wiktionary


Faith"less, a.

1. Not believing; not giving credit. Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27.

2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. Shak.

3. Not observant of promises or covenants.

4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife. A most unnatural and faithless service. Shak.

5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. "Yonder faithless phantom." Goldsmith.

– Faith"less*ly, adv.Faith"less*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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