traitorous
/'treitərəs/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Betraying trust or allegiance: Describes someone or something that is disloyal, especially to a country, cause, or person to whom one owes allegiance. It implies a deliberate and treacherous act of betrayal.
- Characteristic of a traitor: Having the qualities or nature of a person who commits treason or betrays confidence.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- The general was executed for his traitorous correspondence with the enemy.
- She felt a traitorous pang of sympathy for her opponent, despite her team's rivalry.
- Revealing the secret plans was a traitorous act against the organization.
Advanced Usage
- "traitorous to": Used to specify the entity being betrayed.
- He was accused of being traitorous to his oath of office.
- Describing abstract concepts like thoughts or feelings that feel like a betrayal of one's own principles or loyalties.
- He suppressed the traitorous thought that the plan was doomed to fail.
Variants and Related Words
- Traitor (n): A person who betrays a country, principle, etc.
- He was branded a traitor for his actions.
- Traitorously (adv): In a traitorous manner.
- He acted traitorously by selling the information.
- Treacherous (adj): Similar in meaning, often implying dangerous deceit. While overlapping, "treacherous" can also describe physical hazards (e.g., a treacherous road), whereas "traitorous" is specifically about betrayal of allegiance.
Synonyms
- Treacherous: Guilty of or involving betrayal.
- Perfidious: Deceitful and untrustworthy (literary).
- Disloyal: Not loyal or faithful.
- Faithless: Not keeping faith; disloyal.
Antonyms
- Loyal: Giving or showing firm and constant support.
- Faithful: Remaining loyal and steadfast.
- Patriotic: Having or expressing devotion to one's country.
Related Phrases and Idioms
- Turn traitor: To become a traitor; to betray.
- After years of service, he turned traitor and joined the rival faction.
- A traitor to the cause: Someone who betrays a shared ideal or movement.
- By advocating for peace, he was labeled a traitor to the cause by the hardliners.
Adjective
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having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
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the faithless Benedict Arnold
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a lying traitorous insurrectionist
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