Betray

ahd-5
  • transitive verb. undefined
  • transitive verb. To give aid or information to an enemy of; commit treason against.
  • transitive verb. To inform upon or deliver into the hands of an enemy in violation of a trust or allegiance.
  • transitive verb. To be false or disloyal to.
  • transitive verb. To divulge in a breach of confidence.
  • transitive verb. To make known unintentionally.
  • transitive verb. To lead astray; deceive.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To deliver to, or expose to the power of, an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: as, an officer betrayed the city.
  • To violate by fraud or unfaithfulness; be unfaithful in keeping or upholding: as, to betray a trust.
  • To act treacherously to; be disloyal to; disappoint the hopes or expectations of.
  • To deceive; beguile; mislead; seduce.
  • To reveal or disclose in violation of confidence; make known through breach of faith or obligation: as, to betray a person's secrets or designs.
  • To show in true character; allow to be seen; permit to appear in spite of will or desire.
  • To indicate; give indication or evidence of: said of something not obvious at first view, or that would otherwise be concealed.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
  • transitive verb. To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
  • transitive verb. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
  • transitive verb. To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
  • transitive verb. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
  • transitive verb. To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
  • transitive verb. To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. 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.
  • verb. 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.
  • verb. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
  • verb. To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally; to bewray.
  • verb. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
  • verb. To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
  • verb. To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. reveal unintentionally
  • verb. give away information about somebody
  • verb. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
  • verb. deliver to an enemy by treachery
  • verb. disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
  • verb. cause someone to believe an untruth
  • cross-reference
    disclose  seduce  tattle  
    Form
    betrayer  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    A  A.  Bay  Bombay  Bua  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form