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traitorous

adjective

trai·​tor·​ous ˈtrā-tə-rəs How to pronounce traitorous (audio)
ˈtrā-trəs
1
: guilty or capable of treason
2
: constituting treason
traitorous activities
traitorously adverb

Synonyms

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faithless, false, disloyal, traitorous, treacherous, perfidious mean untrue to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance.

faithless applies to any failure to keep a promise or pledge or any breach of allegiance or loyalty.

faithless allies

false stresses the fact of failing to be true in any manner ranging from fickleness to cold treachery.

betrayed by false friends

disloyal implies a lack of complete faithfulness to a friend, cause, leader, or country.

disloyal to their country

traitorous implies either actual treason or a serious betrayal of trust.

traitorous acts punishable by death

treacherous implies readiness to betray trust or confidence.

a treacherous adviser

perfidious adds to faithless the implication of an incapacity for fidelity or reliability.

a perfidious double-crosser

Example Sentences

when our coach took a job at a rival college, a few traitorous players went right along with him
Recent Examples on the Web To prevent self-destruction, the immune system relies on an intricate series of fail-safes that are collectively termed self-tolerance to identify and eliminate potentially traitorous immune cells. Matthew Woodruff, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2022 One supposedly traitorous soldier — also Black — is ordered to be executed by his nervous, boyish, anachronistically mohawked mate Ze (João Arrais), who glumly resists the praise then lavished on him by superiors. Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Aug. 2022 That language clashed markedly with hard-line rhetoric emanating from Moscow, where supporters of the war, who do not consider Ukraine to be a legitimate country, denounced Mr. Medinsky’s diplomacy as bordering on traitorous. New York Times, 30 Mar. 2022 This was a sharp departure from a tradition under which those who reported crimes by fellow Haredim were viewed as traitorous informers. Joseph Berger, New York Times, 18 Mar. 2022 As the fighting in the east has raged, their sermons are often seen as overly forgiving of Moscow’s ambitions in Ukraine, or even traitorous. Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2022 Announcers—conditioned to steer fans to feel a certain way about characters on the show—gently suggested his selfish or traitorous tendencies to deaf ears. Martin Douglas, SPIN, 21 Jan. 2022 In order to make up for her traitorous past, Rosalind works as a spy for her country. Sam Gillette, PEOPLE.com, 20 Jan. 2022 However, that turnabout is nothing compared with McCarthy’s head-snapping response to the violent and traitorous events of Jan. 6. Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of traitorous was in the 14th century

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