Associations to the word «Betray»

BETRAY, 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. e.g. Quresh betrayed Sunil to marry Nuzhat

BETRAY, 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.

BETRAY, verb. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.

BETRAY, verb. To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally; to bewray.

BETRAY, verb. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.

BETRAY, verb. To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.

BETRAY, verb. To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.

BETRAY, verb. Reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings".

BETRAY, verb. Deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country".

BETRAY, verb. 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".

BETRAY, verb. Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?".

BETRAY, verb. Give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam".

BETRAY, verb. Cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house".