faithless en · ADJ
Etymology
From Middle English feithles, equivalent to faith + -less.
Meanings
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Lacking faith; lacking belief in something.
"You're so faithless about pills," he said, "that I'm not going to give you any."
1970, Margaret Wade Campbell Deland, Old Chester Days, page 58:
- Not believing in God, religion, or a comparable ideology.
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Unfaithful (said of people, towards their partners)
Menelaus, who fought to recover his faithless wife, has clearly rooted himself in Sparta for the remainder of his life […]
1996, Frederick Ahl, Hanna Roisman, The Odyssey re-formed, page 283:
- Not observant of promises or covenants.
- Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows
- Serving to disappoint or deceive
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more faithless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most faithless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
faithless elector · faithlessness · interfaithless · faithlessly
Synonyms
doublehearted · unsatisfying · perfidious · false · traitorlike · double-hearted · nonfaithful · infidelitous · false-hearted · Judasly · faithless · falseheart · illoyal · disloyal · double-faced · booky · recreant · treachersome · double-dealing · treacherous · viperous · dastardly · untrue · Punic · swike · hollow-hearted · double-crossing · proditorious · Judaslike · proditory · renegade · traitorish · treacherous · perfidious · traitorly · delusive · reptitious · reptilian · unleal · unloyal · insidious · ratlike · traitorous · traitorsome · unfaithful · viperish · disleal · trothless · guileful · unsteadfast · disloyal · guiled