treacherous

Preposition: in

• weather: The area can be treacherous in poor weather, low cloud can reduce visibility within minutes.
• place: Rain overnight had made conditions underfoot a little treacherous in places for those without off-road shoes.
• way: We hope that they have joined with wild herds - a solitary life for a very young elephant would be treacherous in many ways.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

make: The journey there took longer than expected with the huge gales having made the roads rather treacherous.

Modifies a noun

• terrain: At 2200 hours, the force began the 12 mile walk over treacherous terrain on a dark night.
• bog: In general they are seen as malevolent, guiding lone travelers into treacherous bogs.
• reef: The coastline is rugged, with treacherous reefs stretching far out to sea to wreck unwary ships.
• coastline: The spectacular natural beauty of the islands hides a treacherous coastline that has seen many ships founder.
• computing: RMS: The main issues are hardware with secret specifications, software patents, and treacherous computing.
• journey: Yet after long years of exile, their homeland calls and the family makes the treacherous journey back to Spain.

Modifying Another Word

• sometimes: With his endearing yet cynical wit, Malcolm navigates his way through the sometimes treacherous, always entertaining waters of childhood.
• very: A rescue official said: " The mud in that area is very treacherous.
• so: Yes, they must be strict with us, Even in death so treacherous!
• potentially: Be warned, however, that road surfaces are variable and potentially treacherous after heavy rain when potholes may be disguised.
• particularly: Courageously he leaped into the Ouse, which is known to be particularly treacherous in this spot, but was unable to find him.
• quite: We did have some sunshine but we also cycled through tropical rain on several days, which made some routes quite treacherous.

Used with adjective complement

• become: However with snow covering the mountain side this became pretty treacherous.
• prove: But like tides, wind and swell compounded, their cocktail has proven treacherous.
• remain: The weather remained treacherous, going from calm to storm with no warning.
• feel: When was the last time she'd felt so tinglingly treacherous?