All betray synonyms
beΒ·tray
B b verb betray
- abandon β If you abandon a place, thing, or person, you leave the place, thing, or person permanently or for a long time, especially when you should not do so.
- mislead β to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
- forsake β to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- seduce β to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; corrupt.
- reveal β to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- jilt β to reject or cast aside (a lover or sweetheart), especially abruptly or unfeelingly.
- cross β If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
- trick β a crafty or underhanded device, maneuver, stratagem, or the like, intended to deceive or cheat; artifice; ruse; wile.
- finger β any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
- bluff β A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
- desert β A desert is a large area of land, usually in a hot region, where there is almost no water, rain, trees, or plants.
- knife β an instrument for cutting, consisting essentially of a thin, sharp-edged, metal blade fitted with a handle.
- delude β If you delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true.
- disclose β to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- show β to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
- unmask β to strip a mask or disguise from.
- stool β a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- manifest β readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- inform β to give or impart knowledge of a fact or circumstance to: He informed them of his arrival.
- tattle β to let out secrets.
- spill β to cause or allow to run or fall from a container, especially accidentally or wastefully: to spill a bag of marbles; to spill milk.
- snitch β to snatch or steal; pilfer.
- sing β to utter words or sounds in succession with musical modulations of the voice; vocalize melodically.
- uncover β to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
- tell β to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.
- squeal β a somewhat prolonged, sharp, shrill cry, as of pain, fear, or surprise.
- blow the whistle β to inform (on)
- break with β to end a relationship or association with (someone or an organization or social group)
- double-cross β to prove treacherous to; betray or swindle, as by a double cross.
- let down β British. a lease.
- sell out β to transfer (goods) to or render (services) for another in exchange for money; dispose of to a purchaser for a price: He sold the car to me for $1000.
- stab in the back β to pierce or wound with or as if with a pointed weapon: She stabbed a piece of chicken with her fork.
- take in β the act of taking.
- turn in β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- walk out on β to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- go back on β at, to, or toward the rear; backward: to step back.
- play false β not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
- sell down the river β a natural stream of water of fairly large size flowing in a definite course or channel or series of diverging and converging channels.
- give away β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- blurt out β If someone blurts something out, they blurt it.
- dime β a cupronickel-clad coin of the U.S. and Canada, the 10th part of a dollar, equal to 10 cents.
- let slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- tell on β to give an account or narrative of; narrate; relate (a story, tale, etc.): to tell the story of Lincoln's childhood.