Definition of betray Betray
/bɪtɹejˈ/ - [bitrey] - be•tray
We found 26 definitions of betray from 7 different sources.
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| betray - deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" | ||
| sell | ||
| delude, deceive, lead on, cozen cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" | ||
| double cross betray by double-dealing | ||
| betray - reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" | ||
| bewray | ||
| divulge, let on, unwrap, disclose, reveal, let out, give away, discover, expose, bring out, break make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret; "The auction house would not disclose the price at which the van Gogh had sold"; "The actress won't reveal how old she is"; "bring out the truth"; "he broke the news to her"; "unwrap the evidence in the murder case" | ||
| betray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" | ||
| deceive, lead astray | ||
| undeceive free from deception or illusion | ||
| misinform, mislead give false or misleading information to | ||
| personate, impersonate, pose represent another person with comic intentions | ||
| bamboozle, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, hoodwink, snow conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end; "He bamboozled his professors into thinking that he knew the subject well" | ||
| dupe, put one across, put one over, befool, cod, gull, slang, fool, put on, take in fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!" | ||
| betray - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" | ||
| denounce, tell on, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag | ||
| inform give character or essence to; "The principles that inform modern teaching" | ||
| sell out give information that compromises others | ||
| betray - be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" | ||
| cheat on, cheat, cuckold, wander | ||
| delude, deceive, lead on, cozen cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" | ||
| two-time carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time | ||
| fool around, play around commit adultery; "he plays around a lot" | ||
| betray - disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis" | ||
| fail | ||
| disappoint, let down fail to meet the hopes or expectations of; "Her boyfriend let her down when he did not propose marriage" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- betray (Verb)
To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city. - betray (Verb)
To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause. - betray (Verb)
To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known. - betray (Verb)
To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally; to bewray. - betray (Verb)
To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin. - betray (Verb)
To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce as under promise of marriage and then abandon. - betray (Verb)
To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- betray (v. t.)
To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city. - betray (v. t.)
To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause. - betray (v. t.)
To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known. - betray (v. t.)
To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally. - betray (v. t.)
To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin. - betray (v. t.)
To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon. - betray (v. t.)
To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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betray
To give away information about somebody. -
betray
To cause someone to believe an untruth; to practice trickery or fraud. -
betray
To be sexually unfaithful to one's spouse or lover.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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betray
be-trā′, v.t. to give up treacherously: to disclose in breach of trust: to let go basely or weakly: to deceive the innocent and trustful, to seduce: to discover or show: to show signs of.—ns. Betray′al, act of betraying; Betray′er, a traitor, the seducer of a trustful girl. [Pfx. be-, and O. Fr. traïr (Fr. trahir)—L. tradĕre, to deliver up.]
Military DictionaryMilitary Dictionary and Gazetteer 💥
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betray
To deliver perfidiously any place or body of troops into the hands of the enemy. To discover that which has been intrusted to secrecy.
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🔤- betray, verb, present, 1st person singular of betray (infinitive).
- betray, verb (infinitive).
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