trothless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈtɹəʊθləs/
Etymology
From Middle English troutheles, trouthles, trowwþelæse, equivalent to troth + -less. Piecewise doublet of truthless.
Meanings
-
(archaic, poetic) Untrustworthy, treacherous.
Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky.
1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more trothless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most trothless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
trothless · perfidious · false-hearted · traitorous · swike · renegade · traitorish · double-hearted · guileful · reptilian · Judaslike · nonfaithful · untrue · insidious · unsteadfast · double-faced · proditorious · unfaithful · Punic · guiled · double-crossing · falseheart · treachersome · infidelitous · disloyal · traitorlike · ratlike · false · unloyal · recreant · guiled · dastardly · hollow-hearted · doublehearted · viperous · double-dealing · illoyal · Judasly · faithless · proditory · traitorsome · treacherous · viperish · reptitious · proditorious · traitorly · unleal · booky · ratlike · disleal