untrew
untrew is the obsolete form of untrue.
Meaning of untrue
Adjective
untrue (comparative more untrue, superlative most untrue)
- False; not true.
- She says that I stole her necklace, but that's completely untrue.
- Synonyms:
- false, inaccurate, incorrect, unveridical, wrong
- Antonyms:
- true
- Not faithful or loyal.
- Now you say you're sorry / For being so untrue / Well, you can cry me a river, cry me a river1953, Arthur Hamilton, “Cry Me a River”
- Synonyms:
- false, perfidious, unfaithful, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing, double-dealing, double-faced
- Antonyms:
- faithful
Forms of untrew
| comparative | more untrew |
|---|---|
| superlative | most untrew |
Origin of untrew
From un- + trew.
Questions about untrew
- What is untrew the obsolete form of?
- Untrew is the obsolete form of untrue.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: untrew (page history and authors); untrue (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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