All 3 Uses of
treacherous
in
Bleak House
- It procrastinates, disappoints, tries, tortures him; wears out his sanguine hopes and patience, thread by thread; but he still looks to it, and hankers after it, and finds his whole world treacherous and hollow.†
Chpt 34-36
- "Where," she asks him, darkening her large eyes until their drooping lids almost conceal them—and yet they stare, "where is your false, your treacherous, and cursed wife?"†
Chpt 52-54
- I regarded this as very treacherous on the part of Mr. Skimpole towards my guardian and as passing the usual bounds of his childish innocence.†
Chpt 55-57 *
Definition:
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(treacherous as in: a scheming, treacherous assistant) guilty of betrayal or deception or likely to betray or deceive