treacherous

«treacherous» in Mova's school dictionary: Treacherous describes a person who betrays people who… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (treacherous, more treacherous, most treacherous)

meaning for a pupil

1) Treacherous describes a person who betrays people who trust them, like a traitor. tree →

2) Treacherous ground, roads, water or weather are very dangerous, often in a hidden way, such as icy roads or strong currents. tree →

sense in the lessons

In stories and history, a treacherous character secretly turns against friends or their country. In safety and weather news, «treacherous conditions» means ice, fog, snow or floods that make travel dangerous. Common phrases: «treacherous roads», «treacherous currents», «a treacherous path».

examples

• The roads are treacherous after the frost. tree →
• Do not swim there — the currents are treacherous. tree →
• The climbers crossed a treacherous icy ridge. tree →
• The treacherous knight opened the castle gate to the enemy. tree →
• Fog made the drive home treacherous. tree →
• In the story, the treacherous servant stole the king's ring. tree →
• The muddy path down the cliff was treacherous. tree →
• "He is treacherous and malicious," said Dame Pally Dyre, Grubbe's daughter. tree →

note

Pronounced «TRETCH-er-us». Noun: «treachery» (betrayal). Close words: «dangerous», «disloyal». Hidden danger is the key idea: something looks safe but is not.

In the corpora

• «Treacherous» means dangerous, especially when it looks safe.
• A grievous vision is declared unto me: 'The treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth.
• The treacherous deal treacherously; yea, the treacherous deal very treacherously.
• And her treacherous sister Judah saw it.
• even the LORD said unto me — backsliding Israel hath proved herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «treacherous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.