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(adj)
Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.
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Not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful.
Full of danger.
Not safe (various senses); dangerous.
Not reliable.
Of or relating to ancient Carthage, its inhabitants, or their language.
Characteristic of a traitor; disloyal.
Traitorous.
Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious.
Causing harm in a stealthy, often gradual, manner.
(n)
The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans.
Defaulting on one's debts.
Wicked, offensive, or reprehensible in nature or behaviour; nefarious.
Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible.
Intending to do harm; characterized by spite and malice.
Dangerous, involving risks.
Risky; dangerous; with the nature of a hazard.
Dangerous, full of peril.
Evil or seemingly evil; indicating lurking danger or harm.
Adventurous, willing to take on or look for risks; overbold.
Causing or likely to cause harm or damage; injurious.
Fit or deserving to be despised; contemptible; mean.
(for non-slang definitions) superlative form of bad: most bad
Morally low; base; despicable.
Violent, destructive and cruel.
Not fair.
(informal, mildly vulgar) A sleazy, disreputable or despicable person; a lowlife.
Resembling or relating to snakes; snakelike.
Not loyal, without loyalty.
Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech.
Not deserving of trust; unreliable.
Deliberately misleading or cheating.
Hard to deal with, complicated.
Unfaithful (said of people, towards their partners)
The act of one who backstabs.
Likely or attempting to deceive.
That betrays
Dishonest; based on fraud or deception.
Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.
Which double-crosses.
traitorly; treasonous
treasonous
(informal) characteristic of deceit and treachery
Dishonest; deceitful.
(of a person) Cheating, dishonest; treacherous.
Using tricks or trickery.
A scoundrel, rascal or unprincipled, deceitful, and unreliable person.
deceptive
Raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual.
Like a trickster; cunning; mischievous.
(now rare) Deceptive; using trickery.
Having been tricked or deceived.
Being physically or emotionally injurious; characterized by repeated violence or other abuse.
Something designed to fool, dupe, outsmart, mislead or swindle.
Sly, dishonest, corrupt, cheating.
(archaic) deceptive
Obsolete form of deceitful. [Deliberately misleading or cheating.]
Involving both hands.
(idiomatic) Mischievous and playful.
An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, imposition or infidelity.
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Unsound and unreliable.
Made up of two matching or complementary elements.
Tending to pervert.
Archaic form of deceitful. [Deliberately misleading or cheating.]
Tending to prevaricate.
Revealing something, especially something not intended to be known.
Morally wrong or evil; wicked; perverted.
(now poetic, literary) Unfaithful to someone, or to one's duties or honour; disloyal, false.
(rare) Dishonest, deceptive, misleading.
(rare) Untruthful; lying.
(rare) Involving skulduggery; tricky, underhand.
Not straightforward; indirect; by implication; (sometimes even) obscure, ambiguous, or confusing.
Somewhat or partially treasonous.
Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
Not honest; shoddy.
(dialectal, chiefly Scotland) Deceit; treachery.
Without scruples; immoral.
(obsolete) disloyal; perfidious
Employing or relating to deception; deceptive.
Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
Easily triggered; tending to go off very frequently.
(rare, historical, law) Deceitful, with hidden malice.
(archaic) unhealthy
Sexually or romantically unfaithful.
Not constant; wavering.
(archaic) Characterized by imposture; deceitful.
The action of theft.
Involving or characteristic of sneakers.
That can be misled.
Secret or underhand; not openly avowed.
(informal) Involving cheating; fraudulent.
(of a person) Lying, untruthful or dishonest.
Devious; passive-aggressive.
(law) Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of torts.
Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes.
Tending to manipulate.
Alternative form of roguish. [Unprincipled or unscrupulous.]