false-hearted

[ fawls-hahr-tid ]

adjective

1. having a false or treacherous heart; deceitful; perfidious.

Other Words From

• false-hearted·ly adverb
• false-hearted·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of false-hearted¹

First recorded in 1565–75

Example Sentences

Here was the son of the false-hearted savage who had accepted his money, agreed to do his work, and then turned against him.

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So all pitied the poor Vicar, despised his uppish, false-hearted wife, and most hated the young squire.

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Verely, it is almost impossible, that a commander of such courage should haue, either faint or false hearted Souldiers.

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Many vile traitors have ascended those steps,” he said, “but none so false-hearted, none so bloodthirsty as you.

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When the sunDries up the boundless main, When black is white, false-hearted one,I may be yours again!

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