About The Word Treacherous
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Treacherous
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What's The Definition Of Treacherous?
[adj] 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"
[adj] dangerously unstable and unpredictable; "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle" Synonyms | Synonyms for Treacherous: dangerous | perfidious | punic | unfaithful | unreliable | unsafe Related Terms | Find terms related to Treacherous: See Also | Treacherous In Webster's Dictionary \Treach"er*ous\, a. [See {Treacher}.]
Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or
faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign;
perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.
Loyal father of a treacherous son. --Shak.
The treacherous smile, a mask for secret hate.
--Cowper.
Syn: Faithless; perfidious; traitorous; false; insidious;
plotting. -- {Treach"er*ous*ly}, adv. --
{Treach"er*ous*ness}, n.
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