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Definitions

forsworn

[fawr-swawrn, -swohrn] / fɔrˈswɔrn, -ˈswoʊrn /
ADJECTIVE
false
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deceitful deceptive malicious misleading
WEAK
apostate base beguiling canting corrupt crooked deceiving deluding delusive devious dishonorable disloyal double-dealing duplicitous faithless falsehearted foul lying malevolent mean mythomaniac perfidious perjured rascally recreant renegade scoundrelly traitorous treacherous treasonable two-faced underhanded unfaithful unscrupulous untrustworthy venal villainous wicked
Antonyms
STRONGEST
frank honest open truthful upright
WEAK
accurate actual correct factual genuine just known precise real reliable right straight substantiated true valid
ADJECTIVE
perjured
Synonyms
STRONG
equivocating lying misleading
WEAK
bearing false witness commiting perjury deceptive swearing falsely
Antonyms
STRONG
honest
ADJECTIVE
perjurious
Synonyms
WEAK
committing perjury deceitful deceptive delusive delusory dissembling dissimulating double-crossing double-dealing equivocating false falsifying fibbing guileful inventing mendacious misleading misrepresenting misstating perfidious perjured prevaricating shifty treacherous tricky two-faced two-timing unreliable untruthful wrong
ADJECTIVE
truthless
Synonyms
WEAK
counterfactual deceitful deceptive delusive deviant disloyal dissembling distorted erroneous faithless fallacious false fictitious hollow imprecise inaccurate inconstant incorrect inexact lying meretricious misleading mistaken off out of line perfidious perjured prevaricating recreant sham specious spurious traitorous treacherous two-faced unfaithful unloyal unsound untrue untrustworthy untruthful wide wrong
ADJECTIVE
untrue
Synonyms
STRONGEST
apocryphal deceptive distorted erroneous false fictitious inaccurate incorrect misleading mistaken specious spurious unfaithful unsound untruthful wrong
WEAK
cheating counterfactual deceitful delusive deviant disloyal dissembling faithless fallacious hollow imprecise inconstant inexact lying meretricious off out of line perfidious perjured prevaricating recreant sham traitorous treacherous two-faced unloyal untrustworthy wide
Antonyms
STRONGEST
accurate actual authentic correct factual genuine honest just precise real right sound straight true truthful valid
WEAK
faithful

Example Sentences

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None of this is to say that Rodrigo has forsworn the type of emotional melodrama that made her a star.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 13, 2023

But as Justice Sonia Sotomayor reminded Clement, “The city has forsworn any future prosecution for past violations.”

From Slate • Dec. 2, 2019

“I am not just a symbol,” Charles protests after she takes him to task for his unbecoming display of personality, something she has long ago forsworn.

From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2019

Have they forsworn the advancing of hypotheses by means of self-serving anecdotes?

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2019

"If you do not return, the whole realm will know you forsworn."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.