Found 4 items, similar to Betray.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: betray
mengkhianati
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: betray
berhianat, menghianati, mengkhianati
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: betray
betray
v 1: reveal unintentionally;
“Her smile betrayed her true
feelings” [syn:
bewray]
2: deliver to an enemy by treachery;
“Judas sold Jesus”;
“The
spy betrayed his country” [syn:
sell]
3: disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake;
“His
sense of smell failed him this time”;
“His strength
finally failed him”;
“His children failed him in the
crisis” [syn:
fail]
4: be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage;
“She
cheats on her husband”;
“Might her husband be wandering?”
[syn:
cheat on,
cheat,
cuckold,
wander]
5: give away information about somebody;
“He told on his
classmate who had cheated on the exam” [syn:
denounce,
tell on
,
give away,
rat,
grass,
shit,
shop,
snitch,
stag]
6: cause someone to believe an untruth;
“The insurance company
deceived me when they told me they were covering my house”
[syn:
deceive,
lead astray] [ant:
undeceive]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Betray
Betray
\Be*tray"\ (b[-e]*tr[=a]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Betrayed (-tr[=a]d"); p. pr. & vb. n.
Betraying.] [OE.
betraien, bitraien; pref. be- + OF. tra["i]r to betray, F.
trahir, fr. L. tradere. See
Traitor.]
1. 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.
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Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be
betrayed into the hands of men. --Matt. xvii.
22.
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2. 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.
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But when I rise, I shall find my legs betraying me.
--Johnson.
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3. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or
that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
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Willing to serve or betray any government for hire.
--Macaulay.
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4. To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would
conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
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Be swift to hear, but cautious of your tongue, lest
you betray your ignorance. --T. Watts.
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5. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to
lead into error or sin.
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Genius . . . often betrays itself into great errors.
--T. Watts.
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6. To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise
of marriage) and then abandon.
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7. To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at
first, or would otherwise be concealed.
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All the names in the country betray great antiquity.
--Bryant.
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