English dictionary

betrays Meaning & Definition

Phonetic codes: B IH0 T R EY1 Z

What Does Betrays Mean?

As a verb, betrays means third-person singular simple present indicative of betray.

To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly.
an officer betrayed the city
To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
My eyes have been betraying me since I turned sixty.
To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
To disclose or indicate, for example something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
Though he had lived in England for many years, a faint accent betrayed his Swedish origin.
To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen; to lead into error or sin.
To lead astray; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.

No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.

an officer betrayed the city

My eyes have been betraying me since I turned sixty.

Though he had lived in England for many years, a faint accent betrayed his Swedish origin.

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