"treacherous" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹəs/, /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃɹəs/ Audio: en-us-treacherous.ogg Forms: more treacherous [comparative], most treacherous [superlative]
Etymology: From Old French trecheros, tricheros (“deceitful”). See treacher. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fro|trecheros}} Old French trecheros Head templates: {{en-adj}} treacherous (comparative more treacherous, superlative most treacherous)
  1. Exhibiting treachery. Translations (exhibiting treachery): δολερός (dolerós) (Ancient Greek), προδοτικός (prodotikós) (Ancient Greek), коварен (kovaren) (Bulgarian), вероломен (verolomen) (Bulgarian), zrádný [masculine] (Czech), forræderisk (Danish), verraderlijk (Dutch), petollinen (Finnish), traître (French), მოღალატური (moɣalaṭuri) (Georgian), გამცემლური (gamcemluri) (Georgian), verräterisch (German), προδοτικός (prodotikós) [masculine] (Greek), δόλιος (dólios) [masculine] (Greek), áruló (Hungarian), fealltach (Irish), cealgach (Irish), traditore [masculine] (Italian), sleale [masculine] (Italian), infido [masculine] (Italian), forrædersk (Norwegian Bokmål), braittech (Old Irish), zdradziecki (Polish), fementido (Portuguese), traiçoeiro [masculine] (Portuguese), вероло́мный (verolómnyj) (Russian), преда́тельский (predátelʹskij) (Russian), traicionero (Spanish), förrädisk (Swedish), trolös (Swedish)
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  2. Deceitful; inclined to betray. Translations (deceitful; inclined to betray): προδοτικός (prodotikós) (Ancient Greek), kəmfürsət (Azerbaijani), предателски (predatelski) (Bulgarian), zrádný [masculine] (Czech), petollinen (Finnish), traître (French), გამცემლური (gamcemluri) (Georgian), verräterisch (German), hinterlistig (German), doppelzüngig (German), δόλιος (el) [masculine] (Greek), επίβουλος (el) [masculine] (Greek), δολερός (dolerós) (Greek), álnok (Hungarian), pettelikko (Ingrian), salakavala (Ingrian), fabhtach (Irish), braiteach (Irish), залым (zalym) (Kazakh), опасыз (opasyz) (Kazakh), perfidus (Latin), traiçoeiro (Portuguese), вероло́мный (verolómnyj) (Russian), кова́рный (kovárnyj) (Russian)
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  3. Unreliable; dangerous. Translations (unreliable; dangerous): ненадежден (nenadežden) (Bulgarian), zrádný [masculine] (Czech), ošidný (Czech), forræderisk (Danish), petollinen (Finnish), traître (French), მუხანათური (muxanaturi) (Georgian), tückisch (German), ύπουλος (ýpoulos) [masculine] (Greek), forrædersk (Norwegian Bokmål), roakboa (Plautdietsch), traiçoeiro (Portuguese), ненадёжный (nenadjóžnyj) (Russian), непро́чный (nepróčnyj) (Russian), traicionero (Spanish), förrädisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-treacherous-en-adj-Y~dZsb8K Disambiguation of 'unreliable; dangerous': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: treacher, treachery, trick, trickster, tricky
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      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "word": "მოღალატური"
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      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "word": "გამცემლური"
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      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
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      "lang": "Greek",
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      "word": "προδοτικός"
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      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "word": "áruló"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "word": "fealltach"
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "word": "cealgach"
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      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "word": "braittech"
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      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
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      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "infido"
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      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
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      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "word": "zdradziecki"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "word": "fementido"
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      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
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      "roman": "verolómnyj",
      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "word": "вероло́мный"
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "predátelʹskij",
      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "word": "преда́тельский"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "word": "traicionero"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "word": "förrädisk"
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "exhibiting treachery",
      "word": "trolös"
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      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "kəmfürsət"
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      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
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      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "petollinen"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "traître"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "roman": "gamcemluri",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "გამცემლური"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "verräterisch"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "hinterlistig"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "doppelzüngig"
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      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
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      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "επίβουλος"
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      "roman": "dolerós",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "δολερός"
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      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "álnok"
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      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "pettelikko"
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      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "salakavala"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "fabhtach"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "braiteach"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "zalym",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "залым"
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      "roman": "opasyz",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "опасыз"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "perfidus"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "traiçoeiro"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "verolómnyj",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "вероло́мный"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kovárnyj",
      "sense": "deceitful; inclined to betray",
      "word": "кова́рный"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nenadežden",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "ненадежден"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
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      "word": "zrádný"
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      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "ošidný"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "forræderisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "petollinen"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "traître"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "muxanaturi",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "მუხანათური"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "tückisch"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ýpoulos",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "forrædersk"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "roakboa"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "traiçoeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenadjóžnyj",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "ненадёжный"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepróčnyj",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "непро́чный"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "traicionero"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "unreliable; dangerous",
      "word": "förrädisk"
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