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treacherous
[ trech-er-uhs ]
adjective
- characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
Synonyms: treasonous, faithless, unfaithful
Antonyms: loyal
- deceptive, untrustworthy, or unreliable.
Synonyms: deceitful
Antonyms: reliable
- unstable or insecure, as footing.
a treacherous climb.
treacherous
/ ˈtrɛtʃərəs /
adjective
- betraying or likely to betray faith or confidence
- unstable, unreliable, or dangerous
treacherous weather
treacherous ground
Derived Forms
- ˈtreacherousness, noun
- ˈtreacherously, adverb
Other Words From
- treach·er·ous·ly adverb
- treach·er·ous·ness noun
- un·treach·er·ous adjective
- un·treach·er·ous·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of treacherous1
Example Sentences
True, we travel this treacherous road at our own risk, but … *** Bob Weir: “If you want something for nothing, go jerk off.”
Big scary Transformer-like robots with heads ablaze that frighten the kids back across the treacherous desert?
While the journey north was always treacherous and costly, in the hands of the cartels it has become deadlier than ever.
Treacherous thatched-roof-haired drag-queen Linda Tripp, with those dress-for-success shoulder pads?
Soviet forces slowed Nazi advances, however, by laying vast and treacherous minefields.
This treacherous sort of calm, we thought, might forbode a storm, and we did not allow it to lull us into security.
The profound and treacherous night with its silence and semblance of peace settled upon the camp.
In a sudden, blind choler, she swept round, plucked the dagger from Tressan's belt and flung herself upon the treacherous captain.
Intellectually she is quite sound, but has a treacherous memory, and is very nervous.
A faithless woman, if known to be such by the person concerned, is but faithless; if she is believed faithful, she is treacherous.
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