unfaithfulness

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noun

The characteristic of being unfaithful.

Similar
infidelitydisloyalty
Opposite
faithfulnessfidelityloyalty
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Meanings

noununfaithfulness (countable and uncountable, plural unfaithfulnesses)

plural unfaithfulnesses

  1. countableuncountableThe characteristic of being unfaithful.

    For even the enchantresses Circe and Medea could not, by their black arts, prevent the unfaithfulness of Odysseus and Jason.

    1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 175

    Synonyms: infidelity, disloyalty · Antonyms: faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe characteristic of being unfaithful.

Similar
infidelitydisloyalty
Opposite
faithfulnessfidelityloyalty

More synonyms by meaning

nounthe quality of being unfaithful

Similar
infidelity
Opposite
faithfulness
Broader
quality
Also see
cuckoldryinfidelitytwo-timing

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From unfaithful + -ness.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic خِيَانَة
  • خِيَانَة (ḵiyāna)characteristic of being unfaithful
Bulgarian невярност, нелоялност
  • невярност (nevjarnost)characteristic of being unfaithful
  • нелоялност (nelojalnost)characteristic of being unfaithful
Catalan infidelitat
  • infidelitatcharacteristic of being unfaithful
Chinese Mandarin 異心 /异心, 不貞 /不贞
  • 異心 /异心 (yìxīn)characteristic of being unfaithful
  • 不貞 /不贞 (bùzhēn)characteristic of being unfaithful
Danish utroskab
  • utroskabcharacteristic of being unfaithful
Esperanto malfidelo
  • malfidelocharacteristic of being unfaithful
French infidélité
  • infidélitécharacteristic of being unfaithful
Irish neamhdhlisteanacht, mídhílseacht
  • neamhdhlisteanachtcharacteristic of being unfaithful
  • mídhílseachtcharacteristic of being unfaithful
Norwegian Bokmål utroskap
  • utroskapcharacteristic of being unfaithful
Russian неве́рность
  • неве́рность (nevérnostʹ)characteristic of being unfaithful
Spanish infidelidad, cuerno
  • infidelidadcharacteristic of being unfaithful
  • cuernocharacteristic of being unfaithful
  • cuernoscharacteristic of being unfaithful
  • guampacharacteristic of being unfaithful
Ukrainian невірність
  • невірність (nevirnistʹ)characteristic of being unfaithful
Welsh anffyddlondeb
  • anffyddlondebcharacteristic of being unfaithful
Cite this entry
APA

unfaithfulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfaithfulness

MLA

“unfaithfulness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfaithfulness. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unfaithfulness,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unfaithfulness.

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