ALL meanings of betray
be·tray
B b - verb betray If you betray someone who loves or trusts you, your actions hurt and disappoint them. 3
- verb betray If someone betrays their country or their friends, they give information to an enemy, putting their country's security or their friends' safety at risk. 3
- verb betray If you betray an ideal or your principles, you say or do something which goes against those beliefs. 3
- verb betray If you betray a feeling or quality, you show it without intending to. 3
- verb betray to aid an enemy of (one's nation, friend, etc); be a traitor to 3
- verb betray to hand over or expose (one's nation, friend, etc) treacherously to an enemy 3
- verb betray to disclose (a secret, confidence, etc) treacherously 3
- verb betray to break (a promise) or be disloyal to (a person's trust) 3
- verb betray to disappoint the expectations of; fail 3
- verb betray to show signs of; indicate 3
- verb betray to reveal unintentionally 3
- verb betray to lead astray; deceive 3
- verb betray to seduce and then forsake (a woman) 3
- verb transitive betray to help the enemy of (one's country, cause, etc.); be a traitor to 3
- verb transitive betray to deliver or expose to an enemy traitorously 3
- verb transitive betray to break faith with; fail to meet the hopes of 3
- verb transitive betray to lead astray; deceive; specif., to seduce and then desert 3
- verb transitive betray to reveal unknowingly or against one's wishes 3
- verb transitive betray to reveal or show signs of; indicate 3
- verb transitive betray to disclose (secret information, confidential plans, etc.) 3
- verb with object betray to deliver or expose to an enemy by treachery or disloyalty: Benedict Arnold betrayed his country. 1
- verb with object betray to be unfaithful in guarding, maintaining, or fulfilling: to betray a trust. 1
- verb with object betray to disappoint the hopes or expectations of; be disloyal to: to betray one's friends. 1
- verb with object betray to reveal or disclose in violation of confidence: to betray a secret. 1
- verb with object betray to reveal unconsciously (something one would preferably conceal): Her nervousness betrays her insecurity. 1
- verb with object betray to show or exhibit; reveal; disclose: an unfeeling remark that betrays his lack of concern. 1
- verb with object betray to deceive, misguide, or corrupt: a young lawyer betrayed by political ambitions into irreparable folly. 1
- verb with object betray to seduce and desert. 1
- transitive verb betray be disloyal 1
- transitive verb betray go against ideals 1
- transitive verb betray reveal sth 1
- transitive verb betray expose treacherously 1
- transitive verb betray indicate 1