English-Thai Dictionary
perfidious
ADJ โกง ทุจริต ไม่ ซื่อสัตย์ insidious devious deceitful open honest kong
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
PERFIDIOUS
a.[L. perfidus; per and fidus, faithful. Per in this word signifies through, beyond, or by, aside. ] 1. Violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; treacherous; as a perfidious agent; a perfidious friend. [See Perfidy. ]
2. Proceeding from treachery, or consisting in breach of faith; as a perfidious act.
3. Guilty of violated allegiance; as a perfidious citizen; a man perfidious to his country.
PERFIDIOUSLY
adv. Treacherously; traitorously; by breach of faith or allegiance.
PERFIDIOUSNESS
n.The quality of being perfidious; treachery; traitorousness; breach of faith, of vows or allegiance.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
PERFIDIOUS
Per *fid "i *ous, a. Etym: [L. perfidious. ]
1. Guilty of perfidy; violating good faith or vows; false to trust or confidence reposed; teacherous; faithless; as, a perfidious friend. Shak.
2. Involving, or characterized by, perfidy. "Involved in this perfidious fraud. " Milton.
PERFIDIOUSLY
PERFIDIOUSLY Per *fid "i *ous *ly, adv.
Defn: In a perfidious manner.
PERFIDIOUSNESS
PERFIDIOUSNESS Per *fid "i *ous *ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being perfidious; perfidy. Clarendon.
New American Oxford Dictionary
perfidious
per fid i ous |pərˈfidēəs pərˈfɪdiəs | ▶adjective literary deceitful and untrustworthy: a perfidious lover. DERIVATIVES per fid i ous ly adverb ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin perfidiosus, from perfidia ‘treachery. ’
Oxford Dictionary
perfidious
perfidious |pəˈfɪdɪəs | ▶adjective literary deceitful and untrustworthy: a perfidious lover. DERIVATIVES perfidiously adverb, perfidiousness noun ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin perfidiosus, from perfidia ‘treachery ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
perfidious
perfidious adjective literary a perfidious lover: treacherous, duplicitous, deceitful, disloyal, faithless, unfaithful, traitorous, treasonous, false, false-hearted, double-dealing, two-faced, untrustworthy. ANTONYMS faithful.
Oxford Thesaurus
perfidious
perfidious adjective a perfidious lover: treacherous, duplicitous, deceitful, disloyal, faithless, unfaithful, traitorous, treasonous, false, untrue, double-dealing, dishonest, two-faced, untrustworthy; rare false-hearted, double-faced, truthless, Punic. ANTONYMS faithful, loyal.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
perfidious
per fid i ous /pə r fɪ́diəs /形容詞 ⦅文 ⦆不誠実な, 裏切りの, 信頼できない (treacherous ).~ness 名詞