untruthful
/ʌnˈtruːθf(ʊ)l/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.28 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Pertaining to falsehood; corrupt; dishonest.
Example Sentences
- "Cousin, good night; / And whatsoe’er be told of me henceforth, / A most untruthful annalist were he, / Who said I did not love my cousin Anna."
- "Upon principle it is his aim to exhibit integrity of dealing, honest and godly sincerity to all men; if he fail, it must be in degree, it cannot be in kind; for a false and untruthful mind can never rightly know God; the more we know of him, the more upright and ingenuous, and liberal, and kind, and humane, and generous, must be our conduct to man."
- "He who obeys not the good Shepherd of the soul and heart has an untruthful mind; a mind filled with fallacies; a mind of wrong resolvings and concludings."
- "But what was our astonishment when the “Seven Letters by Anglicanus” made their appearance amongst us, accompanied by the report that you—one of our brethren—was the author of that untruthful, bitter, and malignant publication!"
Etymology
From un- + truthful. Compare Middle English untreuthfull, untrowþeful, wntreuthtfull (“unbelieving, infidel”).
Inflected Forms
more untruthful (comparative)
most untruthful (superlative)