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Antonyms for adulterine
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uh-duhl-tuh-reen, -tuh-rahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : əˈdʌl təˌrin, -təˌraɪn |
Definition of adulterine
- As in unfaithful : adj disloyal, adulterous
- Under the treaty of Wallingford one thousand one hundred and fifteen adulterine castles were to be razed.
- Extract from : « Selections from Early Middle English 1130-1250: Part II: Notes » by Various
- He sent Stephen's mercenaries over the sea and (p. 140) completed the destruction of the 'adulterine castles.'
- Extract from : « A Student's History of England, v. 1 (of 3) » by Samuel R. Gardiner.
- Abrogation of every law establishing the civil inferiority of women and natural or adulterine children.
- Extract from : « Socialism and Democracy in Europe » by Samuel P. Orth
- No attempt, however, seems to have been made forcibly to dissolve the adulterine gilds.
- Extract from : « Education in England in the Middle Ages » by Albert William Parry
Synonyms for adulterine
- adulterine
- cheating
- deceitful
- double-crossing
- faithless
- false
- false-hearted
- fickle
- foresworn
- inconstant
- incontinent
- moonlighting
- not true to
- of bad faith
- perfidious
- philandering
- recreant
- shifty
- snaky
- sneaking
- traitorous
- treacherous
- treasonable
- two-faced
- two-timing
- unchaste
- unreliable
- untrue
- untrustworthy
- wicked
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