Perfidious

Quick meaning: Perfidious is an adjective meaning Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.

Meaning

Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.

Example Sentences

[S]he knew Huntly for the ambitious traitor he was, a man peculiarly perfidious and self-seeking.

The perfidious Ricimer soon became dissatisfied with Anthe'mius, and raised the standard of revolt.

TRINCULO (speaking about Caliban): By this light, a most perfidious and drunken / monster: when his god's asleep, he'll rob his bottle.

When the Nazis branded Feininger a "degenerate artist" in 1937, he left 54 paintings for safekeeping with a Bauhaus friend named Hermann Klumpp. After the war, and for the rest of Feininger's life, the perfidious Klumpp refused to give them back.

Synonyms for perfidious

Depending on context, synonyms include deceitful, disloyal, duplicitous, faithless, treacherous, traitorous.

Antonyms for perfidious

Common opposites include faithful, honorable, loyal, trustworthy.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include treacherous, unfaithful, tricksy, wicked, evil, vicious.

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