Associations to the word «Treacherous»

Wiktionary

TREACHEROUS, adjective. Exhibiting treachery.
TREACHEROUS, adjective. Deceitful; inclined to betray.
TREACHEROUS, adjective. Unreliable; dangerous.

Dictionary definition

TREACHEROUS, adjective. Dangerously unstable and unpredictable; "treacherous winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle".
TREACHEROUS, 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".

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.