Treacherous fire, bring relief to my torment.
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Treacherous
//ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹəs//
Synonyms for "treacherous" (183 found)
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Adjective(31 words)
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5 entriesTranslations
76 translations across 26 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- δολερός adj (exhibiting treachery)
- δολερός adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- προδοτικός adj (exhibiting treachery)
- προδοτικός adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- kəmfürsət adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
Bulgarian
4 entries- вероломен adj (exhibiting treachery)
- коварен adj (exhibiting treachery)
- ненадежден adj (unreliable; dangerous)
- предателски adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
Czech
4 entries- ošidný adj (unreliable; dangerous)
- zrádný adj (exhibiting treachery)
- zrádný adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- zrádný adj (unreliable; dangerous)
Danish
2 entries- forræderisk adj (exhibiting treachery)
- forræderisk adj (unreliable; dangerous)
Dutch
1 entries- verraderlijk adj (exhibiting treachery)
Finnish
3 entries- petollinen adj (exhibiting treachery)
- petollinen adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- petollinen adj (unreliable; dangerous)
French
3 entries- traître adj (exhibiting treachery)
- traître adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- traître adj (unreliable; dangerous)
Georgian
4 entries- გამცემლური adj (exhibiting treachery)
- გამცემლური adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- მოღალატური adj (exhibiting treachery)
- მუხანათური adj (unreliable; dangerous)
German
4 entries- doppelzüngig adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- hinterlistig adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- trügerisch adj (exhibiting treachery)
- tückisch adj (unreliable; dangerous)
Greek
4 entries- δόλιος adj (exhibiting treachery)
- δόλιος adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- επίβουλος adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- προδοτικός adj (exhibiting treachery)
Hungarian
2 entries- álnok adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- áruló adj (exhibiting treachery)
Ingrian
2 entries- pettelikko adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- salakavala adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
Irish
4 entries- braiteach adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- cealgach adj (exhibiting treachery)
- cealgach adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- fabhtach adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
Italian
3 entries- infido adj (exhibiting treachery)
- sleale adj (exhibiting treachery)
- traditore adj (exhibiting treachery)
Kazakh
2 entries- залым adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- опасыз adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
Latin
1 entries- perfidus adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- forrædersk adj (exhibiting treachery)
- forrædersk adj (unreliable; dangerous)
Old Irish
1 entries- braittech adj (exhibiting treachery)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- صداقتسز adj (exhibiting treachery)
- صداقتسز adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- roakboa adj (unreliable; dangerous)
Polish
1 entries- zdradziecki adj (exhibiting treachery)
Portuguese
4 entries- fementido adj (exhibiting treachery)
- traiçoeiro adj (exhibiting treachery)
- traiçoeiro adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- traiçoeiro adj (unreliable; dangerous)
Russian
4 entries- вероло́мный adj (exhibiting treachery)
- вероло́мный adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- кова́рный adj (deceitful; inclined to betray)
- ненадёжный adj (unreliable; dangerous)
Spanish
4 entries- aleve adj (exhibiting treachery)
- alevoso adj (exhibiting treachery)
- traicionero adj (exhibiting treachery)
- traicionero adj (unreliable; dangerous)
Swedish
3 entries- förrädisk adj (exhibiting treachery)
- förrädisk adj (unreliable; dangerous)
- trolös adj (exhibiting treachery)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
Wet logs make for treacherous footing.
Source: tatoeba (2399373)
And I said, My leanness, my leanness, woe unto me! The treacherous have dealt treacherously; yea, the treacherous have dealt very treacherously.
Source: tatoeba (2509968)
Drive carefully! Those are treacherous roads up there.
Source: tatoeba (2833140)
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