'Treacherous' definitions:
Definition of 'treacherous'
From: WordNet
adjective
Dangerously unstable and unpredictable; "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle" [syn: treacherous, unreliable]
adjective
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" [syn: punic, perfidious, treacherous]
Definition of 'Treacherous'
From: GCIDE
- Treacherous \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. [1913 Webster]
- Loyal father of a treacherous son. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- The treacherous smile, a mask for secret hate. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Faithless; perfidious; traitorous; false; insidious; plotting. [1913 Webster] -- {Treach"er*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Treach"er*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'treacherous'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambidextrous,
- artful,
- calculating,
- chancy,
- chiseling,
- collusive,
- covinous,
- crafty,
- crooked,
- cunning,
- dangerous,
- deceitful,
- deceptive,
- desultory,
- dishonest,
- disloyal,
- double,
- double-crossing,
- double-dealing,
- double-faced,
- double-minded,
- double-tongued,
- doublehearted,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- duplicitous,
- faithless,
- false,
- false-principled,
- falsehearted,
- finagling,
- fraudulent,
- furtive,
- guileful,
- hairy,
- hazardous,
- indirect,
- infirm,
- insecure,
- insidious,
- insubstantial,
- jeopardous,
- Machiavellian,
- misleading,
- perfidious,
- perilous,
- precarious,
- precariousness,
- provisional,
- Punic,
- recreant,
- risky,
- rocky,
- scheming,
- shaky,
- sharp,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- slippery,
- sneaky,
- surreptitious,
- temporary,
- tentative,
- ticklish,
- tottery,
- traitorous,
- trickish,
- tricky,
- two-faced,
- uncertain,
- undependable,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unfaithful,
- unfaithworthy,
- unhealthy,
- unloyal,
- unpredictable,
- unreliable,
- unsafe,
- unsolid,
- unsound,
- unstable,
- unsteadfast,
- unsteady,
- unsubstantial,
- unsure,
- untrue,
- untrustworthy,
- wicked,
- wily