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Meaning of FAITHLESS

Pronunciation:  'feythlis

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  deliberately and abominably disloyal or likely to betray trust or confidence; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist"
 
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 Synonyms: disloyal, traitorous, unfaithful
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Faith"less\, a.
1. Not believing; not giving credit.
         Be not faithless, but believing.      --John xx. 27.
2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not
   believing in the Christian religion. --Shak.
3. Not observant of promises or covenants.
4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious;
   trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as
   a husband or a wife.
         A most unnatural and faithless service. --Shak.
5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying.
   ``Yonder faithless phantom.'' --Goldsmith. --
   {Faith"less*ly}, adv.{Faith"less*ness}, n.
 
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Dream Dictionary
 
 Definition: Dreaming that you lover is faithless, has an opposite meaning that your lover is faithful and foretells of a happy marriage. Dreaming that you friends are faithless indicates that you are held in high regards and worthy esteem by them.
 
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