to betray
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4.2
- verb
- /bɪˈtreɪ/
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- Her face was just the same; even her eyes betrayed no hint of the confusion that held her.
- betray the fact
- betray a deep feeling
- betray a lack
Your voice betrays so many things about you.
- Your voice betrays so many things about you.
- Now a fourth factor really becomes an obsession, which is never betray the illusion.
- Are smirks betraying the intensity of our unspoken connection?
- And so this insight is actually betraying the fact that it's actually got a rather impure intention.
- This form is the night in which substance was betrayed and made itself into subject.
- I don't know if it betrays it tips your hand what cards you're holding, right, what your position is.
Examples
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His expression betrayed a sense of uncertainty that he tried to hide from the audience.
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His eyes had lost their luster, worry betrayed by the shrunken skin of his face.
Fiction book (1992) -
So I had to basically betray myself in in a way in order to make that happen.
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- One of you is about to betray me.
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- I would never betray you.
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This is the only man who I might speak to who I know would not betray me.
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Do you feel betrayed by her at the end?
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Your voice betrays so many things about you.
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His letters to the general and others betray a desire to crush the rebels.
Academic text (2008) -
Not by a flicker of an eyelash did Annabelle betray that she knew he was watching her.
Fiction book (1990)
Synonyms
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2.3
Show something that was hidden or secret
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4.1
Reveal hidden facts or bad actions to people
219
4.1
To tell secret information to the public without permission
164
4.5
To reveal secret information, often by mistake
114
3.4
Tell a secret on purpose or by accident
32
3.7
Tell secret or private information to other people
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3.7
People find out secret information without permission
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6.0
Tell a secret by accident before others know
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4.0
Make something visible by removing a cover
5
5.6
Accidentally tell someone something you want to keep secret
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5.1
To tell a secret that should be kept
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5.5
To show something hidden so people can see it
1
6.5
Tell a secret and spoil a planned surprise
1
5.5
To tell a secret by accident and spoil a surprise
1
7.9
To tell a secret carelessly or without meaning to
To make a secret known often without meaning to
To show your plans or ideas too early to others
Antonyms
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Betray once had the idea of 'giving away' or 'handing over', so imagine your hands or face 'giving away' a secret you try to hide. That's why we say someone's hands 'betrayed' their excitement.