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)
Sentences are selected from stored editorial text where your search word appears. If none appear yet, run the admin sentence generator for fuller coverage.
- 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.
- As for the external environment, it is more treacherous than ever.
- It reminds one of the Chinese saying `May you live in interesting times!` And in Pakistan we are indeed living in interesting but treacherous times.
- What used to be a smooth evolution from cold to warmth has turned into a treacherous climate whiplash!
- Coal miners in the region already contend with treacherous working conditions labouring in poorly ventilated shafts, risking cave-ins, and facing chronic health issues.
Synonyms
traitorous, disloyal, perfidious, faithless, unfaithful, duplicitous, false-hearted,
Curator example
“a treacherous Gestapo agent”
More vocabulary to explore
About this vocabulary section.
These entries support close reading of Dawn editorials and opinion pieces: short definitions,
Urdu equivalents where we have them, word relations, and—when generated—real lines from the editorial archive
so you can see tone and usage.
Common questions
- Do I need to sign up to use this vocabulary page?
- No. Word pages are open to everyone. You can read meanings in English and Urdu, synonyms and antonyms, and example sentences without creating an account.
- Where do the example sentences come from?
- When available, example sentences are drawn from cached matches in our Dawn editorial corpus so you can see how a word is used in real newsroom-style prose.
- How is this different from a dictionary?
- This section is curated for students preparing for competitive exams and editorial reading. Entries are compact, often include Urdu glosses, and are paired with in-context lines from editorials when we have them.
