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Betray Common

Origin: Germanic Old English prefix

Betray has 7 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

reveal unintentionally

"Her smile betrayed her true feelings"

2

deliver to an enemy by treachery

"Judas sold Jesus"

"The spy betrayed his country"

3

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"

4

be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

"She cheats on her husband"

"Might her husband be wandering?"

5

give away information about somebody

"He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

6

cause someone to believe an untruth

"The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

7

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.

Example Sentences
"Her smile betrayed her true feelings" verb
"Judas sold Jesus" verb
"The spy betrayed his country" verb
"His sense of smell failed him this time" verb
"His strength finally failed him" verb
"His children failed him in the crisis" verb
"She cheats on her husband" verb
"Might her husband be wandering?" verb
"He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" verb
"The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" verb
Related Terms
Antonyms
undeceive
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
unwrap deceive disappoint inform misinform
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
double cross two-time play around sell someone out pose bamboozle gull
Rhyming Words
ray xray cray dray bray tray kray gray wray fray pray array x ray waray foray scray turay stray luray abray
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