betray
Verb
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Reveal unintentionally (synset 200938362)
"Her smile betrayed her true feelings"is a type of: break, bring out, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, let on, let out, reveal, uncover, unwrap - make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secretsame as: bewray
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Deliver to an enemy by treachery (synset 202543073)
"Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"subtypes: double cross - betray by double-dealingsame as: sellverb group: sell - give up for a price or reward
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Disappoint, prove undependable to;
Abandon, forsake (synset 201803246)"His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"is a type of: disappoint, let down - fail to meet the hopes or expectations ofsame as: fail -
Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage (synset 202582588)
"She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"subtypes:
- two-time - carry on a romantic relationship with two people at the same time
- fool around, play around - commit adultery
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Give away information about somebody (synset 200843665)
"He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"is a type of: inform - impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event tosubtypes: sell someone out - give information that compromises others
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Cause someone to believe an untruth (synset 200856102)
"The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"subtypes:
- impersonate, personate, pose - pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions
- bamboozle, hoodwink, lead by the nose, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, snow - conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end
- befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, take in - fool or hoax
same as: deceive, lead astray
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