ENGLISH: betray - CREOLE: trayi



Overview of verb betray



The verb betray has 6 senses (first 5 from tagged texts)



1. (8) betray, bewray -- (reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings")

2. (3) betray, sell -- (deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country")

3. (2) fail, betray -- (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")

4. (1) cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander -- (be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?")

5. (1) denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag -- (give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam")

6. deceive, betray, lead astray -- (cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house")

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