Meaning & Definition of Treacherous in English
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Treacherous
/trɛʧərəs/
adjective
1. Dangerously unstable and unpredictable
- "Treacherous winding roads"
- "An unreliable trestle"
synonym:
- treacherous,
- unreliable
2. Tending to betray
- Especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the carthaginians by the romans
- "Punic faith"
- "The perfidious judas"
- "The fiercest and most treacherous of foes"
- "Treacherous intrigues"
synonym:
- punic,
- perfidious,
- treacherous
Examples of using
Drive carefully! The roads are treacherous.
And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.