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fraudful

fraudful adjective: fraudulent.

Adjective

fraudful (comparative more fraudful, superlative most fraudful)

  1. (archaic) fraudulent.
    • From this curſt hour, the fraudful dame / Of ſacred Truth uſurps the name, / And, vvith a vile, perfidious mind, / Roams far and near, to chat mankind; / Falſe ſighs ſuborns, and artful tears, / And ſtarts vvith vain pretended fears; […]a. 1722 (date written), Matthew Prior, “Husband and Wife”, in The Poetical Works of Matthew Prior […], volume II, London: […] W[illiam] Strahan, […], published 1779, →OCLC, pages 169–170
    • [C]hildren, ſervants, are falſe, fraudful, foul, if the miſanthropic man, who is father and maſter, lets fall among them, in his outbreaks of paſſion, his opinion that they are ſo.1860, Isaac Taylor, “Essay I. Ultimate Civilization.”, in Ultimate Civilization and Other Essays, London: Bell and Daldy […], →OCLC, part I, section IV, page 37
    Synonyms:
    deceitful

Synonyms of fraudful

Forms of fraudful

comparativemore fraudful
superlativemost fraudful

Origin of fraudful

From Middle English fraudful, equivalent to fraud + -ful.

Words formed from fraudful

Questions about fraudful

What does fraudful mean?
Fraudful means fraudulent.
What part of speech is fraudful?
Fraudful is an adjective.

Words near fraudful in the dictionary

  1. fraud squad
  2. fraud squads
  3. frauded
  4. fraudfluencer
  5. fraudfluencers
  6. fraudful
  7. fraudfully
  8. fraudfulness
  9. fraudience
  10. fraudiences
  11. frauding

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