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Antonyms for unfaithful
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-feyth-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈfeɪθ fəl |
Definition of unfaithful
Origin :- mid-14c., "acting falsely," from un- (1) "not" + faithful. In Middle English it also had a sense of "infidel, unbelieving, irreligious" (late 14c.). Sense of "not faithful in marriage" is attested from 1828. Related: Unfaithfully; unfaithfulness.
- adj disloyal, adulterous
- While men are often unfaithful to their covenant, God never is.
- Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
- He would be as unfaithful to you as he has been to his trust in the bank.
- Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
- It is ten times better for a woman to marry an unfaithful than a jealous husband.
- Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
- It is lawful for the body to have its desires and its loves, but not to be promiscuous and unfaithful.
- Extract from : « The Golden Fountain » by Lilian Staveley
- He wondered if it was true that there had been love between these two, and she had been unfaithful.
- Extract from : « The Treasure Trail » by Marah Ellis Ryan
- Unfortunately she, too, is touched by the infection of this irreverent and unfaithful age.
- Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad
- It was about a man who was unfaithful to his wife, and they had five children just as we have.
- Extract from : « The Love Affairs of an Old Maid » by Lilian Bell
- And at that moment I understood that I might be unfaithful to my husband.
- Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. » by Guy de Maupassant
- Hadnt he said something about someones having been unfaithful to him?
- Extract from : « The Adventures of Maya the Bee » by Waldemar Bonsels
- When they added to the number, they feared that they were unfaithful to the original.
- Extract from : « Early Theories of Translation » by Flora Ross Amos
Synonyms for unfaithful
- 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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