treachery (noun)
1treachery — treacherous ► ADJECTIVE 1) guilty of or involving betrayal. 2) having hidden or unpredictable dangers: treacherous currents. DERIVATIVES treacherously adverb treacherousness noun treachery noun. ORIGIN Old French trecherous, from trechier to… …
2treachery — noun 1 (U) behaviour that is not loyal to someone who trusts you, especially when this helps their enemies: the treachery of those who plotted against the king 2 (countable usually plural) a disloyal action against someone who trusts you …
3treachery — noun Myrna never forgave Warren his treachery Syn: betrayal, disloyalty, faithlessness, unfaithfulness, infidelity, breach of trust, duplicity, dirty tricks, deceit, deception, chicanery, stab in the back, backstabbing, double dealing,… …
4treachery — noun (plural eries) Etymology: Middle English trecherie, from Anglo French, from trecher, tricher to deceive, from Vulgar Latin *triccare more at trick Date: 13th century 1. violation of allegiance or of faith and confidence ; treason 2. an act… …
5treachery — noun a) Deliberate, often calculated, disregard for trust or faith. b) The act of violating the confidence of another, usually for personal gain. Syn: treacherousness See Also: treacher, treacherou …
6treachery — UK [ˈtretʃərɪ] / US noun Word forms treachery : singular treachery plural treacheries a) [uncountable] treacherous behaviour b) [countable] a treacherous act …
7treachery — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. treason, perfidy, faithlessness, disloyalty, infidelity, falsity, falseness. See improbity, deception. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. faithlessness, disloyalty, betrayal; see dishonesty , treason . III… …
8treachery — treach|er|y [ tretʃəri ] noun uncount treacherous behavior a. count a treacherous act …
9treachery — [ trɛtʃ(ə)ri] noun 1》 betrayal of trust. 2》 the quality of being deceptive …
10treachery — [ˈtretʃəri] noun [U] the act of harming people who trusted you …
