treacherous
adj/ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹəs/
Etymology
From Old French trecheros, tricheros (“deceitful”), equivalent to treacher + -ous. See treacher.
- derived from trecheros
Definitions
Exhibiting treachery.
- I see the wife misused by her husband, I see the treacherous seducer of young women, / I mark the ranklings of jealousy and unrequited love attempted to be hid […]
Deceitful
Deceitful; inclined to betray.
Unreliable
Unreliable; dangerous.
- a treacherous mountain trail
- Work on the muskeg resulted in the formation in the first instance, and later in lengths of newly-laid track disappearing without trace into the treacherous bog.
- […] they stood in the region of perpetual snow, amidst the glittering, treacherous glaciers and crevasses, with vast slippery-pathed precipices yawning round.
The neighborhood
- synonymbooky
- synonymdastardly
- synonymdisleal
- synonymdisloyal
- synonymdouble-crossing
- synonymdouble-dealing
- synonymdouble-faced
- synonymdouble-hearted
- synonymdoublehearted
- synonymfaithless
- synonymfalse
- synonymfalseheart
- antonymfaithful
- antonymfidelitous
- antonymleal
- antonymloyal
- antonymsteadfast
- antonymtrue
- antonymuntraitorous
- antonymuntreacherous
- neighbortreacher
- neighbortreachery
- neighbortrick
- neighbortrickster
- neighbortricky
- neighborbetray
- neighborbetrayal
- neighborbetrayer
- neighbordeceptive
- neighbordisobedient
- neighborevil
- neighborwily
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at treacherous. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at treacherous. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at treacherous
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA