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

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

From Floyd Grandon's Honor by Douglas, Amanda Minnie

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)

I'll go back to the Western land, I'll hunt up my old cowboy band,— Where the girls are few and the boys are true And a false-hearted love I never knew.

From Cowboy Songs and Other Frontier Ballads by Various

They did not like Lord Dunmore, whom they knew to be a false-hearted man, and would have liked to make him pay for some former deeds of treachery.

From Historical Tales, Vol. 2 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

He ate scarcely any food; but drank wine freely, remarking, however, that it was false-hearted stuff, did him no good, and had no taste as wine used to have.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 by Various