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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. dangerously unstable and unpredictable;
- Example: "treacherous winding roads"
- Example: "an unreliable trestle"
[syn: treacherous, unreliable]

2. tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans;
- Example: "Punic faith"
- Example: "the perfidious Judas"
- Example: "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"
- Example: "treacherous intrigues"
[syn: punic, perfidious, treacherous]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         Loyal father of a treacherous son.       --Shak.
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         The treacherous smile, a mask for secret hate.
                                                  --Cowper.
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   Syn: Faithless; perfidious; traitorous; false; insidious;
        plotting.
        [1913 Webster] -- Treach"er*ous*ly, adv. --
        Treach"er*ous*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

treacherous
    adj 1: dangerously unstable and unpredictable; "treacherous
           winding roads"; "an unreliable trestle" [syn:
           treacherous, unreliable]
    2: 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]