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Definition of Faithless
1. Adjective. Having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor. "A lying traitorous insurrectionist"
Similar to: Disloyal
Derivative terms: Faithlessness, Traitor, Traitorousness, Treason, Treason, Unfaithfulness
Definition of Faithless
1. a. Not believing; not giving credit.
Definition of Faithless
1. Adjective. Lacking faith; lacking belief in something. ¹
2. Adjective. Not believing in God, religion, or a comparable ideology. ¹
3. Adjective. Unfaithful; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife. ¹
4. Adjective. Not observant of promises or covenants. ¹
5. Adjective. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; treacherous; disloyal. ¹
6. Adjective. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Faithless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Faithless
Literary usage of Faithless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Metropolitan (1835)
"faithless JEAN!* SHALL a' our meetings come to this, That cheered my wayward lot?
... C. • " The faithless Jean," was the beautiful Miss Jean Drummond, ..."
2. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"... herself upon her couch and wept : On this side hung her head, and over that
Listlessly she let fall the faithless brass That made the men as faithless. ..."
3. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1847)
"HOM ' BBl IF faithless in wedlock, in gallantry gross, Without honor to guard,
or reserve to restrain, What have they a husband can mourn as a loss? ..."
4. Crabb's English Synonyms by George. Crabb (1917)
"faithless is mostly employed to denote a breach of faith, and unfaithful to mark
the want of fidelity. The former is positive ; the latter is rather ..."
5. Twenty Years After by Alexandre Dumas (1901)
""THE faithless, PERJURED SCOTSMAN SOLD HIS MONARCH FOR A BIT OF GOLD." AND now
our readers must leave the " Standard " to glide smoothly on, ..."
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