treachersome
treachersome adjective: characterised or marked by treachery; treacherous.
Adjective
treachersome (comparative more treachersome, superlative most treachersome)
- Characterised or marked by treachery; treacherous
- Tom was now holding forth hotly upon the "onparalleled [sic] rascality and treachersome villainousness" of the Opposition in the Ontario Legislature. Elizabeth, her eyes alight, ran swiftly past the gate towards her father.1910, Mary Esther Miller MacGregor, Lizbeth of the Dale
- I do wish you'd come away, Princey ! ” said the little girl anxiously. “I b'lieve he's one of those treachersome dogs that you never know what they mean ― There!1919, Ruth Belmore Endicott, Carolyn of the Sunny Heart
- Synonyms:
- perfidious, traitorly, traitorsome, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing, double-dealing, double-faced
Examples of treachersome in a sentence
- Ko-kosh was treachersome but I could outwit his kind.1992, Elizabeth Madox Roberts, M. E. Bradford, The Great Meadow:
- The clay footing around here is sort of treachersome when it's this wet. [...]”2012, Lou Cameron, Stringer and the Wild Bunch:
Synonyms of treachersome
- perfidious
- traitorly
- traitorsome
- booky
- dastardly
- disloyal
- double-crossing
- double-dealing
- double-faced
- double-hearted
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Forms of treachersome
| comparative | more treachersome |
|---|---|
| superlative | most treachersome |
Origin of treachersome
From treacher + -some.
Questions about treachersome
- What does treachersome mean?
- Treachersome means characterised or marked by treachery; treacherous.
- How do you use treachersome in a sentence?
- Ko-kosh was treachersome but I could outwit his kind.
- What part of speech is treachersome?
- Treachersome is an adjective.
Words near treachersome in the dictionary
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