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past participle of forswear.

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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Her face was turned backward over her shoulder to her father, and she whispered the words, "Forsworn, forsworn, forsworn!"

From Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall by Major, Charles

Since his exile she hath despis'd me most, Forsworn my company and rail'd at me, That I am desperate of obtaining her.

From Two Gentlemen of Verona by Shakespeare, William

Forsworn my company, and rail’d at me, 5 That I am desperate of obtaining her.

From Two Gentlemen of Verona The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Clark, William George

Forsworn thyself: the traitor's odious name I first return, and then disprove thy claim.

From Palamon and Arcite by Dryden, John

Whereon the king's face grew white and then red, and he flashed out into terrible wrath: "Forsworn and treacherous!" he cried, in a thick voice that shook with passion.

From King Alfred's Viking A Story of the First English Fleet by Whistler, Charles W. (Charles Watts)

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