trothless
/ˈtɹəʊθləs/
trothless adjective: untrustworthy, treacherous.
Adjective
trothless (comparative more trothless, superlative most trothless)
- Untrustworthy, treacherous.
- Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky.1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield...
- Synonyms:
- guiled, proditorious, ratlike, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing, double-dealing, double-faced
Synonyms of trothless
- guiled
- proditorious
- ratlike
- booky
- dastardly
- disloyal
- double-crossing
- double-dealing
- double-faced
- double-hearted
30 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- doublehearted
- faithless
- false
- false-hearted
- guileful
- hollow-hearted
- infidelitous
- Judaslike
- Judasly
- nonfaithful
- perfidious
- Punic
- recreant
- renegade
- reptilian
- traitorish
- traitorlike
- traitorly
- traitorous
- traitorsome
- treacherous
- treachersome
- unfaithful
- unleal
- unloyal
- unsteadfast
- untrue
- viperish
- viperous
- disleal
Forms of trothless
| comparative | more trothless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most trothless |
Origin of trothless
From Middle English troutheles, trouthles, trowwþelæse, equivalent to troth + -less. Piecewise doublet of truthless.
Questions about trothless
- What does trothless mean?
- Trothless means untrustworthy, treacherous.
- What part of speech is trothless?
- Trothless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce trothless?
- Trothless is pronounced /ˈtɹəʊθləs/.
Words near trothless in the dictionary
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