Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: betray
IPA transcription: [bɪtɹ'eɪ]
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: betray, bewray
    Meaning: reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
  • Synonyms: betray, sell
    Meaning: deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
  • Synonyms: fail, betray
    Meaning: 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"
  • Synonyms: cheat_on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
    Meaning: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
  • Synonyms: denounce, tell_on, betray, give_away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
    Meaning: give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
Usage examples
  • "Betray you!
  • "Little squaw betray me.
  • "You will not betray me?
  • "Those words betray you, my boy.
  • "Don't betray us, sir," pleaded Beth.
  • But you are sure you will not betray me?"
  • "I am not saying that he would betray us--"
  • Those fools tried to betray me, and then the Eye went out.
  • I am acting on the presumption that he is wholly innocent of any desire to betray us."
  • "Oh, how could you betray us!" and stood with clasped hands, and with face as pale as death.