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Meanings of
perfidy
in inglês
português
perfídia
catalão
traïció
espanhol
insidia
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An act of deliberate betrayal.
treason
treachery
betrayal
faithlessness
perfidiousness
português
perfídia
russo
вероломство
catalão
perfídia
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Human trait.
insidiousness
Related terms
characterization
personality trait
russo
вероломство
Synonyms
Examples for "
treason
"
treason
treachery
betrayal
faithlessness
perfidiousness
Examples for "
treason
"
1
A criminal case has been opened for high
treason
,
the FSB said.
2
In every respect, the Underground Rail Road made capital by the
treason
.
3
If you thought any different you were thinking
treason
,
he told Reuters.
4
Criticism of the conduct of the Great War was close to
treason
.
5
To attack the king was
treason
;
to dispute the priest was blasphemy.
1
His captain saw this as
treachery
;
Pietersen saw it as common sense.
2
A week ago English cricket was a land of
treachery
and recriminations.
3
Since his
treachery
,
the sorceress had seen Lochivan in a new light.
4
The worst feature in the character of the Assyrians was their
treachery
.
5
But in Russia this has led to
treachery
of a new sort.
1
But Sophie knew personal loss, family
grief
-
and
betrayal
?
-
was
a
different matter entirely.
2
If that happens it will be seen as the second great
betrayal
.
3
Lawmakers hurled allegations of
betrayal
and abuse of power across the chamber.
4
So, as long as we remain strong, we need not fear
betrayal
.
5
Donaldson's
betrayal
was seen as particularly galling, given his impeccable republican credentials.
1
Her conduct would be seen as betrayal and
faithlessness
to Megan's rule.
2
And that, while in
faithlessness
,
we should thus misjudge it, is well.
3
But Shakespeare makes her attempt at justification a confession of absolute
faithlessness
:
4
The
faithlessness
of his wife, and not madness, drove him into exile.
5
Yet he had evidently seen enough to satisfy himself of her
faithlessness
.
1
This is false and is an attempt to create a new mythology of Irish nationalist
perfidiousness
.
2
Their
perfidiousness
too well deserves such a penance.
3
What, gracious God, is man, that there should be such inconsistency and
perfidiousness
in his conduct!
4
The senora coquettishly bewailed, in rising and falling inflections, his long absence, his infidelity and general
perfidiousness
.
5
They must have been the last flickerings of a conscience not quite dead to all sense of
perfidiousness
and fickleness.
Usage of
perfidy
in inglês
1
But their
perfidy
had been discovered and the family destroyed decades ago.
2
Russia stands for reaction; England for selfishness and
perfidy
;
France for decadence.
3
Nothing approaching the
perfidy
of it could happen in the present age.
4
In every political party in the Cabinet itself, duplicity and
perfidy
abounded.
5
He had insisted on this to present further proof of Khartoum's
perfidy
.
6
The hunter struck the woman dead when he learned of her
perfidy
.
7
I, unsuspecting creature that I was, saw no
perfidy
in the recommendation.
8
She offered him her hand; he took it doubtfully, fearing some
perfidy
.
9
One act of
perfidy
fully established becomes the ruin of its author.
10
Potiphar's wife surpasses all the women yet mentioned in
perfidy
and dishonor.
11
This has been forced upon us by the
perfidy
of other nations.
12
Anon you were talking, and the words you said proved your
perfidy
.
13
Tales and accusations of Iranian
perfidy
,
then, snugly fit an expected stereotype.
14
With an unaccountable feeling of
perfidy
she straightened his cravat, while murmuring:
15
We had another instance, about this time, of the
perfidy
of Harlay.
16
Her confirmation of Palliser's
perfidy
had awakened in him no new resentment.
Other examples for "perfidy"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
perfidy
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
such perfidy
own perfidy
human perfidy
blackest perfidy
british perfidy
More collocations
Translations for
perfidy
português
perfídia
traição
catalão
traïció
traïdoria
perfídia
espanhol
insidia
traición
perfidia
russo
вероломство
Perfidy
through the time
Perfidy
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common