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

This is another instance of what so often seems to us a matter of wonder,—the power of a narrow-minded, mean-spirited, ill-tempered, false-hearted man to inflict pain on a noble and lofty nature.

From The Farmer Boy, and How He Became Commander-In-Chief by Thayer, William M. (William Makepeace)

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

Surely he cannot have been so deceitful, so false-hearted.

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

Fool I was, in truth; but it was to yield to the bad advice my false and false-hearted friend tendered.

From Peter the Whaler by Austin, Henry

Bad luck to that chap vot’d ever be false-hearted, Oh, I’ll love my love for ever, tho’ she’s far far away.

From A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern by Hindley, Charles