treacherousadjective
uk/ˈtretʃ.ər.əs/us/ˈtretʃ.ɚ.əs/treacherous adjective (DANGEROUS)
If the ground or sea is treacherous, it is extremely dangerous, especially because of bad weather conditions:
Snow and ice have left many roads treacherous, and drivers are warned to use caution.
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Dangers and threats
- baneful
- black spot
- brinkmanship
- calculated risk
- chance
- darkly
- desperately
- dodgy
- firetrap
- gamble
- hazard
- hazardous
- hazmat
- high-risk
- hostage
- perilous
- poisoned chalice
- precarious
- pull
- pull a gun, knife, etc. on sb idiom
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Describing bad weather
treacherous adjective (NOT LOYAL)
A person who is treacherous deceives someone who trusts them, or has no loyalty:
Vargas plays the part of a treacherous aristocrat who betrays his king and country.
I feel a bit treacherous to my own sex if I ever make general criticisms of women.
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Disloyalty, betrayal & treason
- adultery
- backstabber
- betray
- betrayal
- break ranks idiom
- collaborate
- deserter
- desertion
- double-cross
- faithless
- false
- fifth column
- high treason
- sell sb down the river idiom
- sellout
- stab
- stab sb in the back idiom
- traitor
- treachery
- treasonable
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