traitorous
pronunciation
How to pronounce traitorous in British English:
UK [ˈtreɪtərəs]
How to pronounce traitorous in American English:
US [ˈtretərəs]
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- Adjective:
- deliberately and abominably disloyal or likely to betray trust or confidence
- constituting treason
Word Origin
- traitorous (adj.)
- late 14c., "guilty of treason," apparently from Old French traitros "treacherous" (13c.), from traitor (see traitor). Related: Traitorously; traitorousness.
Example
- 1. Now the president 's people boast that the " traitorous " opposition has been broken and the country is back to normal .
- 2. The traitorous chiang kai-shek clique and its master , u.s. imperialism , have wrongly appraised the situation .
- 3. The faithless benedict arnold ; a lying traitorous insurrectionist .
- 4. And then we say , " we were on our way when he said something traitorous . "
- 5. We have now deliberately added the word traitorous to your title , and you ought to accept it .