a faithless friend

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• faithless — faith|less [ˈfeıθləs] adj formal someone who is faithless cannot be trusted ▪ a faithless friend >faithlessness n [U] …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• faithless — adjective formal someone who is faithless cannot be trusted: a faithless friend faithlessly adverb faithlessness noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• faithless — faithless, false, disloyal, traitorous, treacherous, perfidious mean untrue to a person, an institution, or a cause that has a right to expect one s fidelity or allegiance. Faithless applies to a person, utterance, or act that implies a breach of …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• faithless — [fāth′lis] adj. [ME feithles] 1. not keeping faith; dishonest; disloyal 2. unreliable; undependable 3. lacking faith; unbelieving faithlessly adv. faithlessness n. SYN. FAITHLESS implies failure to adhere as to an oath or obligation [a faithless… …   English World dictionary

• faithless — adjective Date: 14th century 1. not true to allegiance or duty ; treacherous, disloyal < a faithless servant > 2. not to be relied on ; untrustworthy < a faithless tool > • faithlessly adverb • faithlessness …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Faithless (2000 film) — Infobox Film name = Faithless image size = caption = director = Liv Ullmann producer = Maria Curman Kaj Larsen Johan Mardell writer = Ingmar Bergman narrator = starring = Lena Endre Erland Josephson Krister Henriksson music = cinematography =… …   Wikipedia

• faithless — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. unfaithful, disloyal, untrue, inconstant, treacherous. See improbity, doubt. Ant., faithful. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not keeping faith] Syn. disloyal, deceitful, false, traitorous, treacherous,… …   English dictionary for students

• Babylonian law — Archaeological material for the study of Babylonian law is singularly extensive. So called contracts exist in the thousands, including a great variety of deeds, conveyances, bonds, receipts, accounts, and most important of all, actual legal… …   Wikipedia

• Achitopel — • Counsellor of David, who joined the rebellion of Absalom Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Achitopel     Achitopel     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

• snake in the grass — noun a deceitful or treacherous person • Syn: ↑snake • Hypernyms: ↑bad person * * * TRAITOR, turncoat, betrayer, informer, back stabber, double crosser, quisling, Judas; fraudster, trickster, charlatan; …   Useful english dictionary

• Deceiver — De*ceiv er, n. One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor. [1913 Webster] The deceived and the deceiver are his. Job xii. 16. Syn: {Deceiver}, {Impostor}. Usage: A deceiver operates by stealth and in private upon… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English