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Treacherous Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Treacherous has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

dangerously unstable and unpredictable

"treacherous winding roads"

"an unreliable trestle"

2

tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans

"Punic faith"

"the perfidious Judas"

"the fiercest and most treacherous of foes"

"treacherous intrigues"

3

Exhibiting treachery.

Example Sentences
"treacherous winding roads" adjective
"an unreliable trestle" adjective
"Punic faith" adjective
"the perfidious Judas" adjective
"the fiercest and most treacherous of foes" adjective
"treacherous intrigues" adjective
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Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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