traitorish en · ADJ
Etymology
From traitor + -ish.
Meanings
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traitorly; treasonous
"What, ma'am!" placing her brawny arms akembo, "to fall into these fantigues and fantasies, and swound away, as a body may say, and all about a traitorish scape-grace the like of he![…]"
1825, Ephraim Hardcastle (William Henry Pyne), The Twenty-Ninth of May: Rare Doings at the Restoration, volume 1, page 14:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more traitorish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most traitorish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Synonyms
illoyal · double-faced · unloyal · booky · Punic · traitorlike · untrue · guileful · traitorly · proditory · renegade · disleal · faithless · traitorous · insidious · reptitious · viperish · ratlike · traitorish · dastardly · viperous · recreant · unsteadfast · double-dealing · traitorsome · false-hearted · Judasly · disloyal · hollow-hearted · unleal · guiled · double-hearted · Judaslike · Judaslike · falseheart · perfidious · unfaithful · traitorsome · reptilian · traitorous · treachersome · double-crossing · treacherous · proditorious · doublehearted · infidelitous · false · nonfaithful · swike · trothless