Sample sentences for TREACHEROUS

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1 —as in:
the road is steep and treacherous

Definition

dangerous — often in a non-obvious way

The road through Afghanistan's Kabul gorge is even more treacherous than the Road of Death in Bolivia.

treacherous = dangerous

Other Uses (with this meaning)

It's a gorgeous beach, but the waves make swimming treacherous.

treacherous = dangerous

Walking over the frosty rocks along the streambed became too treacherous.
Ben Mikaeslen -- Touching Spirit Bear

treacherous = dangerous

But the hill was treacherously steep; he was impeded by the snow and his own lack of strength.
Lois Lowry -- The Giver

treacherously = dangerously

Setting out in small, open boats called curraghs, built from cowhide stretched over light wicker frames, they crossed one of the most treacherous stretches of ocean in the world without knowing what, if anything, they'd find on the other side.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

treacherous = dangerous

Between me and Lewiston was the treacherous road with its hairpin turns that twisted back and forth down the mountain.
Sharon Creech -- Walk Two Moons

treacherous = dangerous

And everywhere, except in the dormitories, the floors and stairs were of smooth, slick marble, more treacherous even than the icy walks.
John Knowles -- A Separate Peace

treacherous = dangerous

Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless villain.
Aldous Huxley -- Brave New World

treacherous = dangerous

Given the treacherous nature of the local topography ... and Ruess's penchant for dangerous climbing, this is a credible scenario.
Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild

treacherous = dangerous

Gandalf the Grey caught like a fly in a spider's treacherous web!
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Fellowship of the Ring

treacherous = dangerous

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2 —as in:
a scheming, treacherous assistant

Definition

guilty of betrayal or deception or likely to betray or deceive

That was how she uncovered his treacherous plot.

treacherous = betraying trust

Other Uses (with this meaning)

It was a treacherous act.

treacherous = betraying trust

"The treacherous are ever distrustful," answered Gandalf wearily.
J.R.R. Tolkien -- The Two Towers

treacherous = those likely to betray

Cyclopes are the most deceitful, treacherous-
Rick Riordan -- The Sea of Monsters

treacherous = likely to betray

Chapter 44: Her Treacherous Heart
Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses

treacherous = guilty of betrayal or deception

Or my true heart with treacherous revolt
Turn to another,
William Shakespeare -- Romeo and Juliet

treacherous = betraying

At the same time he warned them that after this treacherous deed the worst was to be expected.
George Orwell -- Animal Farm

treacherous = betraying

Our English summers are so treacherous.
Agatha Christie -- And Then There Were None

treacherous = untrustworthy

Felix soon learned that the treacherous Turk, for whom he and his family endured such unheard-of oppression, on discovering that his deliverer was thus reduced to poverty and ruin, became a traitor to good feeling and honour and had quitted Italy with his daughter, insultingly sending Felix a pittance of money to aid him, as he said, in some plan of future maintenance.
Mary Shelley -- Frankenstein

treacherous = guilty of betrayal

Oh, the dirty, vile, treacherous sod.
Ernest Hemingway -- For Whom the Bell Tolls

treacherous = guilty of betrayal

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