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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | treacherous |
| Synonyms: | betraying, deceitful, deceptive, double-crossing, double-dealing, faithless, false, insidious, misleading, recreant, shifty, slick*, snake in the grass, traitorous, two-faced, two-timing, undependable, unfaithful, unloyal, unreliable, untrustworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | questionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, uncertain |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, apocryphal, arguable, contingent, controversial, controvertible, cryptic, debatable, disputable, dubious, dubitable, enigmatic, equivocal, fishy, hard to believe, hypothetical, iffy, indecisive, indefinite, indeterminate, moot, mysterious, obscure, occult, open to doubt, open to question, oracular, paradoxical, problematic, problematical, provisional, shady, suspect, suspicious, unconfirmed, undefined, under advisement, under examination, unproven, unreliable, unsettled, vague |
| Notes: | questionable means open to doubt, disagreement, or challenge - or of dubious morality, honesty, or respectability; questioning (adjective) means showing curiosity or inquiring about - or (noun) an inquiry or interrogation |
| Antonyms: | certain, definite, indisputable, proven, sure, undoubted, unquestionable |
| Main Entry: | rocky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful, undependable |
| Synonyms: | dizzy, ill, rickety, shaky, sick, sickly, staggering, ticklish, tottering, tricky, uncertain, unreliable, unstable, unsteady, unwell, weak, wobbly |
| Antonyms: | dependable, happy, healthy |
| Main Entry: | shaky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doubtful |
| Synonyms: | dubious, indecisive, not dependable, not reliable, precarious, problematic, questionable, suspect, uncertain, unclear, undependable, unreliable, unsettled, unsound, unsteady, unsupported, unsure |
| Antonyms: | certain, firm, indubious, sure |
| Main Entry: | skittish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very nervous |
| Synonyms: | agitable, alarmable, capricious, changeable, combustible, dizzy*, edgy, excitable, excited, fearful, fickle, fidgety, flighty, frivolous, giddy, harebrained, high-strung, irresponsible, jumpy, lightheaded, lively, peppy, playful, restive, scatterbrained, sensitive, spirited, undependable, unreliable, volative, whimsical, zippy |
| Antonyms: | calm, collected, easy-going, laid-back, unworried |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sneaky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underhanded, dishonest |
| Synonyms: | base, contemptible, cowardly, deceitful, devious, disingenuous, double-dealing, duplicitous, furtive, guileful, indirect, low, malicious, mean, nasty, recreant, secretive, shifty, slippery, sly, sneaking, snide, stealthy, surreptitious, tricky, underhand, unreliable, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, yellow* |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, candid, forthright, frank, honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | temperamental |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | angry most of the time; moody |
| Synonyms: | capricious, changeable, cussed, easily upset, emotional, erratic, excitable, explosive, fickle, fiery, froward, headstrong, high-strung, hotheaded, hyper, hypersensitive, impatient, in bad mood, inconsistent, irritable, mean, mercurial, neurotic, ornery, passionate, petulant, sensitive, thin-skinned, ticklish, touchy, uncertain, undependable, unpredictable, unreliable, unstable, variable, volatile, willful |
| Antonyms: | easygoing, happy, laid-back, peaceful, pleased |
| Main Entry: | treacherous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, disloyal |
| Synonyms: | betraying, catchy, deceitful, deceptive, double-crossing, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, false, false-hearted, fly-by-night, insidious, misleading, perfidious, recreant, shifty, slick*, slippery*, snake in the grass, traitorous, treasonable, tricky, two-faced, two-timing, undependable, unfaithful, unloyal, unreliable, untrue, untrustworthy |
| Antonyms: | forthright, honest, loyal, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | treacherous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous |
| Synonyms: | alarming, chancy, deceptive, difficult, dissembled, faulty, hairy*, hazardous, icy*, insecure, jeopardous, menacing, misleading, ominous, perilous, precarious, risky, shaky, slippery, ticklish, tricky, undependable, unhealthy, unreliable, unsafe, unsound, unstable, wicked |
| Antonyms: | harmless, untreacherous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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