to betray
143
4.6
- verb
- /bɪˈtreɪ/
:
revelar
- He felt deep pain when he discovered that his trusted friend would betray him to the authorities.
Or the friend that betrayed your trust, the person that broke your heart.
- Or the friend that betrayed your trust, the person that broke your heart.
- So I had a situation where I had a really close friend of mine betray me in the worst way possible.
- And I told him, OK, and I'm not going to say who he was, but essentially this professor betrayed my trust.
- He's gone with Betray my trust on Cain and Abel.
- You didn't lie because you you wanted to betray them.
Examples
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I was betrayed by a personal confidant.
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I feel betrayed, stabbed in the back.
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So I had a situation where I had a really close friend of mine betray me in the worst way possible.
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No, I feel very, very betrayed by that.
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Or the friend that betrayed your trust, the person that broke your heart.
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I had betrayed the public trust.
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I have betrayed your trust.
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It's a Prime Minister who said people could put their trust in him on the NHS and he has betrayed that trust.
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Oh, in rare non Trump news, I am feeling horribly betrayed this evening.
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Tess flinched, ashamed at having betrayed this woman who had already been betrayed too many times by life.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
∞
2.7
Report someone's actions to the police or an authority
342
4.1
Reveal hidden facts or bad actions to people
219
4.1
To tell secret information to the public without permission
114
3.4
Tell a secret on purpose or by accident
109
5.9
Betray someone by telling their secrets to others for personal gain
76
8.6
To tell the police or another authority about someone's bad action, betraying their trust
70
8.8
To betray others by telling secret information about them
70
8.4
To tell secret information to the police or other officials
45
6.2
To tell secret or private information to people
43
6.0
To tell a secret or show feelings you were trying to hide
41
6.8
To secretly tell the police about someone's illegal actions
36
7.9
To secretly tell the police or a person in charge about someone's bad actions
35
4.4
To report to a person in charge that someone did something wrong so they get in trouble
32
6.5
Betray someone who trusts you after pretending to help them
19
6.5
Tell authorities about someone, often exposing them to punishment
12
8.0
To tell the police or a manager that someone did something wrong
8
7.0
Tell a person in charge about someone else's bad actions in a childish way
2
9.9
To tell authorities secret information about someone to get them in trouble
1
9.9
To tell the police that someone has done something wrong
1
8.5
To tell private or bad things about someone to other people
Antonyms
How Disloyal
172
4.8
143
4.6
342
4.1
234
4.1
∞
2.3
5
5.6
Surface Forms
Etymology
Betray has a clear image for secrets: it means to 'give away' what should be private, so a person who betrays a friend is someone who tells or gives another person their secret. That's why 'betray' is used for breaking someone's trust by revealing private things.