Dictionary Definition
traitorous adj
1 deliberately and abominably disloyal or likely
to betray trust or confidence; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a
lying traitorous insurrectionist" [syn: faithless, unfaithful]
2 constituting treason; "a traitorous act";
"treasonable acts like sabotage" [syn: treasonable, treasonous]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Characteristic of a traitor; disloyal
- Constituting treason; treasonable or seditious
Translations
- Greek: προδοτικός
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Judas-like, Trojan-horse, alienated, apostate, betraying, breakaway, collaborative, deceitful, degenerate, disaffected, disloyal, double-crossing,
double-dealing, estranged, extreme, extremistic, factious, faithless, false, fifth-column, insurgent, insurrectionary,
insurrectionist,
mutineering,
mutinous, perfidious, quisling, quislingistic, rebel, rebellious, recreant, renegade, revolutional, revolutionary, riotous, seditionary, seditious, subversive, tergiversant, tergiversating, treacherous, treasonable, treasonous, turbulent, turncoat, two-timing, unfaithful, unloyal, untrue