Dictionary entry details
• BETRAY (verb)
Meaning:
Reveal unintentionally
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
betray; bewray
Context example:
Her smile betrayed her true feelings
Hypernyms (to "betray" is one way to...):
break; bring out; disclose; discover; divulge; expose; give away; impart; let on; let out; reveal; unwrap (make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Deliver to an enemy by treachery
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
betray; sell
Context examples:
Judas sold Jesus / The spy betrayed his country
Hypernyms (to "betray" is one way to...):
cozen; deceive; delude; lead on (be false to; be dishonest with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "betray"):
double cross (betray by double-dealing)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot betray Sue
Meaning:
Disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake
Classified under:
Verbs of feeling
Synonyms:
betray; fail
Context examples:
His sense of smell failed him this time / His strength finally failed him / His children failed him in the crisis
Hypernyms (to "betray" is one way to...):
disappoint; let down (fail to meet the hopes or expectations of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Meaning:
Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
cheat on; cuckold; wander; betray; cheat
Context examples:
She cheats on her husband / Might her husband be wandering?
Hypernyms (to "betray" is one way to...):
cozen; deceive; delude; lead on (be false to; be dishonest with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "betray"):
two-time (carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time)
fool around; play around (commit adultery)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam cannot betray Sue
Meaning:
Give away information about somebody
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
tell on; shit; stag; snitch; shop; denounce; give away; betray; rat; grass
Context example:
He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
Hypernyms (to "betray" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "betray"):
sell out (give information that compromises others)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cause someone to believe an untruth
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
deceive; lead astray; betray
Context example:
The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house
Hypernyms (to "betray" is one way to...):
misinform; mislead (give false or misleading information to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "betray"):
impersonate; personate; pose (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions)
bamboozle; hoodwink; lead by the nose; play false; pull the wool over someone's eyes; snow (conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end)
befool; cod; dupe; fool; gull; put on; put one across; put one over; slang; take in (fool or hoax)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
