treacherous
Adjective Satellite
- dangerously unstable and unpredictable
- "treacherous winding roads"
- tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans
- "the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"
- "treacherous intrigues"
Adj
- Exhibiting treachery.
- Deceitful; inclined to betray.
- Unreliable; dangerous.
Examples
- a treacherous mountain trail
Origin / Etymology
From Old French trecheros, tricheros (“deceitful”), equivalent to treacher + -ous. See treacher.
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Scrabble Score: 16
treacherous: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordtreacherous: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
treacherous: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 17
treacherous: valid Words With Friends Word