betray
Meaning of betray
verb
- To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
an officer betrayed the city
- To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
My eyes have been betraying me since I turned sixty.
- To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
- To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
Though he had lived in England for many years, a faint accent betrayed his Swedish origin.
- To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
- To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
Information about betray
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of betray is: betrays.
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Hyphenation of betray
be-tray
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- betray is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
betray synonyms
Meaning bewray:
Meaning sell:
Meaning fail:
Meaning cheat on:
Meaning denounce:
denounce, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
Meaning deceive:
Translation of betray
- Italian: denunciare, denunziare, tradire, svelare, ingannare, imbrogliare
- Spanish: denunciar, acusar, engañar, confundir, traicionar
- French: dénoncer, trahir, tromper
- German: denunzieren, betrügen, fremdgehen
Anagrams of betray
Words that rhyme with betray
Tray, tray, subtray, DirectRay, detray, icetray, prebetray, rebetray, unbetray, plugtray, ashtray, washtray, importray, portray, pourtray, preportray, astray, estray, reastray, stray, unastray, Rattray, outray
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