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betray

verb

1 betray

Reveal unintentionally:
— Her smile betrayed her true feelings.

synonym: bewray.

Roget 940: be dishonest etc. adj.; play false; break one's word, break one's faith, break one's promise; jilt, betray, forswear; shuffle etc. (lie) 544; ... show more

Dutch: verraden

2 betray

Deliver to an enemy by treachery:
— The spy betrayed his country.

synonym: sell.

Roget 545: deceive, take in; defraud, cheat, jockey, do, cozen, diddle, nab, chouse, play one false, bilk, cully, jilt, ... show more

Dutch: verlinken, verraden

3 betray

Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake.

synonym: fail.

Dutch: onthullen, verspreken

4 betray

Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage.

synonyms: cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander.

Dutch: bedriegen, echtbreken, hoorndrager, vals spelen, vreemdgaan

5 betray

Give away information about somebody.

synonyms: denounce, give away, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on.

Roget 529: disclose, discover, dismask; draw the veil, draw aside the veil, lift the veil, raise the veil, lift up the veil, remove the veil, tear aside the veil, tear the curtain; unmask, unveil, unfold, ... show more

Dutch: misleiden, aangeven, verklikken, bedriegen, verklappen, verlullen, verraden

6 betray

Cause someone to believe an untruth.

synonyms: deceive, lead astray.

Dutch: bedonderen, bedriegen, beduvelen, belazeren, besjoemelen, besodemieteren, kloten, naaien, oetsen, rollen ... show more


Moby thesaurus: abuse, apostatize, babble, bamboozle, be indiscreet, be unguarded, bear witness against, beguile, betoken, betray a confidence, blab, blabber, blow the whistle, bluff, blurt, blurt out, bolt, break away, break faith, cajole ... show more.

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