betrothed

Meaning of betrothed

noun
  1. the person to whom one is engaged.
    how long have you known your betrothed?
verb, past tense
  1. formally engage (someone) to be married.
    in no time I shall be betrothed to Isabel

Middle English betreuthe : from be- (expressing transitivity) + truth. The change in the second syllable was due to association with troth.

Information about betrothed

  • The plural form of betrothed is: betrotheds.
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Hyphenation of betrothed

be-trothed

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
  • betrothed is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

betrothed synonyms

Meaning affianced:

affianced, bespoken, engaged, pledged

Meaning assure someone that one will definitely do something or that something will happen:

promised

Meaning decrease in size, number, or range:

contracted

Meaning a leaping movement towards or over something:

bound

Meaning pledge or solemnly promise (one's faith or loyalty):

plighted

Meaning adopt or support (a cause, belief, or way of life):

espoused

Meaning an engagement or marriage contract:

handfast

betrothed antonyms

Meaning not working for or belonging to a particular body or organization:

unattached

Meaning an individual person or thing rather than part of a pair or a group:

single

Translation of betrothed

Words that rhyme with betrothed

thed, bathed, beathed, bequeathed, bewrathed, breathed, counterlathed, dissheathed, embathed, embreathed, ensheathed, enswathed, enwreathed, imbathed, inbreathed, insheathed, inswathed, interwreathed, inwreathed, lathed, loathed, missheathed, oathed, outbreathed, overbreathed, pathed, prebreathed, rathed, rebathed, scathed, sheathed, spathed, spreathed, sunbathed, swathed, tathed, telepathed, unbathed, unbequeathed, unbreathed, uninwreathed, unlathed, unloathed, unpathed, unscathed, unsheathed, unswathed, unwreathed, wrathed, wreathed

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