as in traitorous
not true in one's allegiance to someone or something
a treacherous "friend," she's been known to turn against people in the blink of an eye
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Recent Examples of treacherous
Related Stories Erin and Charlie start out their weekend by attempting to get some fresh air and wandering through the desert — perhaps a bit of an obvious metaphor for a couple navigating treacherous terrain.
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Stephen Saito, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
That might be too tough a path after a treacherous regular season in the SEC.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2025
Combined with a light glaze of ice that could fall before temperatures drop, travel in the area could be treacherous that day, the weather service said.
—Sean Murphy and Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
The legendary Stadium, Mountain, and Dunes courses now have bigger and faster greens as well as more treacherous hazards.
—Passport By Forbeslife, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Stephen Saito, Variety, 19 Mar. 2025
That might be too tough a path after a treacherous regular season in the SEC.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2025
Combined with a light glaze of ice that could fall before temperatures drop, travel in the area could be treacherous that day, the weather service said.
—Sean Murphy and Russ Bynum, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
The legendary Stadium, Mountain, and Dunes courses now have bigger and faster greens as well as more treacherous hazards.
—Passport By Forbeslife, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for treacherous
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Foreign military interventions can change victims from being viewed as a nuisance into being seen as powerful and traitorous enemies, potentially capable of exacting revenge, seizing power, or breaking away from the state.—
Benjamin A. Valentino,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Oct. 2011
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But what will their first move as a traitorous duo be?—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
27 Feb. 2025
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All such theories, however, have appeared to be unreliable and speculative since any first strikes would have to contend with the risk of an enemy launch on warning as well as sufficient systems surviving for a devastating riposte.—
Lawrence D. Freedman,
Foreign Affairs,
14 Apr. 2025
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Some customers worry Crusoe’s cloud system is unreliable.—
Christopher Helman,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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But the jitters still shook him, a false-start whistle blowing on his first 40-yard attempt at February’s NFL combine.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
13 Apr. 2025
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As with most of his career as a conspiracist, RFK is tying together little kernels of truth into a false narrative and then framing it as just asking common-sense.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
12 Apr. 2025
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“Treacherous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/treacherous. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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