Both Uses of
treacherous
in
Heart of Darkness
- I saw him extend his short flipper of an arm for a gesture that took in the forest, the creek, the mud, the river,—seemed to beckon with a dishonoring flourish before the sunlit face of the land a treacherous appeal to the lurking death, to the hidden evil, to the profound darkness of its heart.†
Chpt 2
- But the snags were thick, the water was treacherous and shallow, the boiler seemed indeed to have a sulky devil in it, and thus neither that fireman nor I had any time to peer into our creepy thoughts.†
Chpt 2 *
Definition:
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(treacherous as in: a scheming, treacherous assistant) guilty of betrayal or deception or likely to betray or deceive