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treacherousness Definition


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treacherous
adj
    1. Said of someone, their conduct, etc: not to be trusted; ready or likely to betray.
      Thesaurus: traitorous, false-hearted, deceitful, unfaithful, two-faced, Janus-faced, duplicitous, deceiving, false.
    2. Hazardous or dangerous; unreliable or untrustworthy.
      Example: Black ice made the roads treacherous
      Thesaurus: dangerous, risky, tricky, precarious, difficult, unreliable, deceptive, untrustworthy, unstable; Antonym: reliable, dependable, steady.
Derivative: treacherously
adverb
    Derivative: treacherousness
    noun
      Etymology: 14c: from French trechier to cheat.



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