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pərˈfɪd i əsper·fid·i·ous
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Wiktionary
perfidiousadjective
Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
Synonyms:
traitorous, unfaithful, treacherous, disloyal
English Synonyms and Antonyms
perfidious
Synonyms:
deceitful, dishonest, disingenuous, faithless, false, fraudulent, hypocritical, lying, mendacious, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, unscrupulous, untrueAntonyms:
candid, equitable, fair, faithful, frank, genuine, good, honest, honorable, ingenuous, just, sincere, straightforward, true, trustworthy, trusty, upright
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
perfidious
Synonyms:
false, treacherous, faithless, traitorous, deceptive, disloyal, insidious
Princeton's WordNet
punic, perfidious, treacherousadjective
tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans
"Punic faith"; "the perfidious Judas"; "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"; "treacherous intrigues"
Synonyms:
unreliable, treacherous, punicAntonyms:
faithful
Dictionary of English Synonymes
perfidiousadjective
Synonyms:
faithless, unfaithful, treacherous, false, dishonest, disloyal, traitorous, false-hearted
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
perfidiousadjective
Synonyms:
unfaithful
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#2392 | false | |
#7137 | lying | |
#15352 | fraudulent | |
#21863 | unreliable | |
#24641 | deceptive | |
#27285 | dishonest | |
#30218 | untrue | |
#32281 | faithless | |
#37389 | treacherous | |
#38412 | hypocritical | |
#39559 | insidious | |
#40826 | unscrupulous | |
#50824 | unfaithful | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#60164 | disingenuous | |
#92053 | disloyal | |
#106765 | punic | |
#118674 | traitorous | |
#128190 | perfidious | |
#174612 | mendacious |
How to use perfidious in a sentence?
Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science, section 191:
The most perfidious way of harming a cause consists of defending it deliberately with faulty arguments.
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev:
It is better to discuss things, to argue and engage in polemics than make perfidious plans of mutual destruction.
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