Vocabulary

Treacherous

English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.

English meaning
guilty of or involving betrayal or deception.
Urdu meaning
غدار، ناقابل اعتبار، دغا باز
Example sentences (from Dawn)

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  1. `Treacherous` is also a word that gets thrown around.
    Dawn Editorials — Lonely battles — 2026-03-31
  2. It was `unpatriotic` and`treacherous`and so on.Those who are expressing shock and horror seem to be so innocent in some ways.
    Dawn Editorials — Lonely battles — 2026-03-31
  3. The wealthy can always leave, as can dual nationals.Many die trying to escape treacherous borders.Those who have nowhere to go and try to resist find themselves isolated.
    Dawn Editorials — It`s too political — 2026-01-11
  4. People, especially the local residents, knew that the trek would be a treacherous one.
    Dawn Editorials — Colonial summit — 2025-10-11
  5. This path was made much more treacherous by the fact that when it starts to pour in Karachi, many people uncover manholes outside their homes and offices to `facilitate` drainage.
    Dawn Editorials — Big, bad rain — 2025-08-23
Synonyms
traitorous, disloyal, perfidious, faithless, unfaithful, duplicitous, false-hearted,

Antonyms
loyal, faithful
Curator example
“a treacherous Gestapo agent”

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