English Explanatory Dictionary

unfaithful

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Not having religious faith.
  2. Not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful.
  3. Adulterous.
  4. Not honest or upright.
  5. Negligent or imperfect.
  6. Not faithfully rendering the meaning of the source language; incorrect.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-unfaithful.wav

Word forms

unfaithful more unfaithful most unfaithful

Etymology

From Middle English unfeithful, equivalent to un- + faithful.

Synonyms

nonfaithful faithless unleal booky dastardly disleal disloyal double-crossing double-dealing double-faced double-hearted doublehearted false falseheart false-hearted guiled guileful hollow-hearted illoyal infidelitous insidious Judaslike Judasly perfidious proditorious proditory Punic ratlike recreant renegade reptilian reptitious swike traitorish traitorlike traitorly traitorous traitorsome treacherous treachersome trothless unfaithful unloyal unsteadfast untrue viperish viperous

Derived words

unfaithfully unfaithfulness
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