betray

betray is a 6-letter English word with 13 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 11 · 13 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city.
2. transitive verb. To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause.
3. transitive verb. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
4. transitive verb. To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
5. transitive verb. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
6. transitive verb. To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
7. transitive verb. To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.
8. verb. give away information about somebody

   "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"

   Synonyms: denounce, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag

9. verb. cause someone to believe an untruth

   "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

   Synonyms: deceive

10. verb. reveal unintentionally

    "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"

    Synonyms: bewray

11. verb. disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

    "His sense of smell failed him this time"

    "His strength finally failed him"

    Synonyms: fail

12. verb. deliver to an enemy by treachery

    "Judas sold Jesus"

    "The spy betrayed his country"

    Synonyms: sell

13. verb. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

    "She cheats on her husband"

    "Might her husband be wandering?"

    Synonyms: cheat, cuckold, wander

Synonyms

denounce, grass, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, deceive, bewray, fail, sell, cheat, cuckold, wander

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in betray:

baryte

Common word forms

betrays, betrayal, betrayed, betrayer, betraying, betrayment

Words from these letters

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