false-hearted

American  

[fawls-hahr-tid] / ˈfɔlsˈhɑr tɪd /

adjective

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

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Other Word Forms

• false-heartedly adverb
• false-heartedness noun

Etymology

Origin of false-hearted

First recorded in 1565–75

Example Sentences

Her false-hearted summer friends could now weep for her as the daughter of the rich Griffin Taylor, while they would scarcely have regretted her as simply the wife of a poor soldier.

From 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West by Van Cleve, Charlotte Ouisconsin Clark

Sir Percivale was very wroth, and cried, "Abide, wicked knight, coward and false-hearted knight, turn again and fight with me on foot."

From Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur" by Cutler, U. Waldo

You false-hearted knave," he added, turning to Carfax, "false as your false master—your doom is sealed.

From Robin Hood by Wyeth, N. C. (Newell Convers)

There comes a gleam on the billowy moat Like a death-light on its wave, It streams from the ivied lattice, where Sits a grim false-hearted knave.

From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by Roby, John

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

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn