SuaviloquyToday’s word

faithless

Faithless, a.

1. Not believing; not giving credit. Be not faithless, but believing. John xx. 27.

2. Not believing on God or religion; specifically, not believing in the Christian religion. Shak.

3. Not observant of promises or covenants.

4. Not true to allegiance, duty, or vows; perfidious; trecherous; disloyal; not of true fidelity; inconstant, as a husband or a wife. A most unnatural and faithless service. Shak.

1 more senses

5. Serving to disappoint or deceive; delusive; unsatisfying. "Yonder faithless phantom." Goldsmith. -- Faith"less*ly, adv.Faith"less*ness, n.

Shades of meaning

Fernald lists faithless only as an antonym, under faithful, honest.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.

Synonyms

none given