treacherous+person
51weasel — ► NOUN 1) a small slender carnivorous mammal related to the stoat, with reddish brown fur. 2) informal a deceitful or treacherous person. ► VERB (weaselled, weaselling; US weaseled, weaseling) ▪ achieve through cunning or deceit …
52weaselly — weasel ► NOUN 1) a small slender carnivorous mammal related to the stoat, with reddish brown fur. 2) informal a deceitful or treacherous person. ► VERB (weaselled, weaselling; US weaseled, weaseling) ▪ achieve through cunning or deceit …
53serpent — [sʉr′pənt] n. [OFr < L serpens (gen. serpentis) < prp. of serpere, to creep < IE base * serp , to creep > Sans sárpati, (he) creeps, Gr herpein] 1. a snake, esp. a large or poisonous one 2. [often S ] Satan, in the form he assumed to… …
54snake in the grass — n. a treacherous person or harmful thing that is hidden or seemingly harmless …
55serpent — n. 1 usu. literary. a a snake, esp. of a large kind. b a scaly limbless reptile. 2 a sly or treacherous person, esp. one who exploits a position of trust to betray it. 3 Mus. an old bass wind instrument made from leather covered wood, roughly in… …
56weasel — n. & v. n. 1 a small reddish brown flesh eating mammal, Mustela nivalis, with a slender body, related to the stoat and ferret. 2 a stoat. 3 colloq. a deceitful or treacherous person. v.intr. (weaselled, weaselling; US weaseled, weaseling) 1 esp.… …
57Ser|pent — «SUR puhnt», noun. 1. a) a snake, especially a big snake. b) any one of various animals in legend supposed to be like a snake in shape but usually of enormous size and often living in the sea or a lake. 2. Figurative. a sly, treacherous person. 3 …
58ser|pent — «SUR puhnt», noun. 1. a) a snake, especially a big snake. b) any one of various animals in legend supposed to be like a snake in shape but usually of enormous size and often living in the sea or a lake. 2. Figurative. a sly, treacherous person. 3 …
59snae´like´ — snake «snayk», noun, verb, snaked, snak|ing. –n. 1. a long, slender, crawling reptile without limbs and with a scaly skin and narrow, forked tongue. Some snakes are poisonous. These have poison glands connected with a pair of fangs which inject… …
60vi´per|like´ — vi|per «VY puhr», noun, adjective. –n. 1. any one of a group of poisonous Old World snakes with a pair of large, hollow fangs and often having a thick, heavy body, including the adder of Great Britain and other parts of Europe, and the puff adder …
