treacherous

Speech parts

1. treacherous - Adjective

2. treacherous - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Like a traitor; involving treachery; violating allegiance or faith pledged; traitorous to the state or sovereign; perfidious in private life; betraying a trust; faithless.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

perfidious false unreliable insidious traitorous faithless machiavellian punic carthaginian crooked rotten chancy shifty illusive slippy
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Antonyms

loyal august allegiant liege true responsible
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Related terms

trick treachery tricky trickster treacher

Phrases with the word

be treacherous to treacherous face treacherous action

Examples

It is just as foolish to complain that people are selfish and treacherous as it is to complain that the magnetic field does not increase unless the electric field has a curl. Both are laws of nature. John von Neumann

The East Wind, an interloper in the dominions of Westerly Weather, is an impassive-faced tyrant with a sharp poniard held behind his back for a treacherous stab. Joseph Conrad

An envious heart makes a treacherous ear. Zora Neale Hurston

In this treacherous world there is neither truth nor lie; everything is like the color of the crystal through which you gaze. Mexican Proverb

More treacherous than a wolf. Arabic Proverb

However treacherous the sea may be, women are still more so. French Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Tre-Fo treacher Treacher Collins syndrome treacherous action treacherous face treacherously