betray

Definition of betray in English English dictionary: To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed; 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; To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally; To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin; To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known; To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon; 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; {v} to violate a trust, deliver up treacherously, disclose in violation of duty or trust, expose what is meant to be concealed; give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"; 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"; If you betray a feeling or quality, you show it without intending to. She studied his face, but it betrayed nothing conceal; be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"; cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"; deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country; To show or to indicate; said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed; reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country; If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them. When I tell someone I will not betray his confidence I keep my word The President betrayed them when he went back on his promise not to raise taxes. + betrayer betrayers be·tray·er She was her friend and now calls her a betrayer; To violate the confidence of by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known; reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"; deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"; {f} be disloyal; reveal a secret; deliver, hand over (to the enemy); If someone betrays their country or their friends, they give information to an enemy, putting their country's security or their friends' safety at risk. They offered me money if I would betray my associates The group were informers, and they betrayed the plan to the Germans. + betrayer be·tray·er `Traitor!' she screamed. `Betrayer of England!'; If you betray an ideal or your principles, you say or do something which goes against those beliefs. We betray the ideals of our country when we support capital punishment. + betrayer be·tray·er Babearth regarded the middle classes as the betrayers of the Revolution
betrayer: Someone who betrays, or reveals confidential information; a squealer or informer
betrayer: A double-crosser
betrayer: {n} one who betrays, or tells, a traitor
to betray: {v} tray
Betrayal: betrayment
Betrayal: bewrayment
To betray: assfuck
To betray: wray
betrayal: the act of betraying
betrayal: {i} disloyalty
betrayal: an act of deliberate betrayal
betrayal: The act or the result of betraying
betrayal: the quality of aiding an enemy
betrayal: A betrayal is an action which betrays someone or something, or the fact of being betrayed. She felt that what she had done was a betrayal of Patrick. when you betray your country, friends, or someone who trusts you betrayal of
betrayals: plural of betrayal
betrayed: Past tense and past participle of to betray
betrayed: {s} deceived, mislead; delivered into the hands of the enemy
betrayer: One who, or that which, betrays
betrayer: {i} traitor, one who is disloyal or treacherous
betrayer: a person who says one thing and does another
betrayer: one who reveals confidential information in return for money
betraying: revealing unintentionally; "a betraying blush spread over her face"
betraying: revealing unintentionally; "a betraying blush spread over her face
betraying: present participle of betray
betrays: Third person singular simple present of to betray

betray

Hyphenation

be·tray

Turkish pronunciation

bîtrey

Synonyms

abandon, be unfaithful, bite the hand that feeds you, blow the whistle, bluff, break faith, break promise, break trust, break with, commit treason, cross, deceive, deliver up, delude, desert

Antonyms

be faithful, be loyal, defend, protect, support, be quiet, hide, keep secret

Pronunciation

/bəˈtrā/ /bɪˈtreɪ/

Etymology

[ bi-trA ] (verb.) 13th century. From Middle English betrayen (“to betray, expose”), alteration of earlier bewrayen (“to betray, reveal, disclose”), from be- + wrayen (“to betray, reveal, divulge”), from Old English wrēġan (“to accuse, impeach”), from Proto-Germanic *wrōgiánan, *wrṓχianan (“to tell, speak, shout”), from Proto-Indo-European *were-, *wrē- (“to tell, speak”). Alteration influenced by Middle English traien, traissen (“to hand over, be disloyal to, commit treason, betray”), from Old French traïr (“to commit treason, betray”), from Latin trādere, present active infinitive of trādō (“deliver, give over”, verb). See traitor, treason, tradition. Cognate with Old Frisian biwrōgja (“to disclose, reveal”), Old High German biruogen (“to disclose, reveal”), Modern German berügen (“to defraud”), Swedish röja (“to betray”). More at wray, bewray.