- Types Of Speech
- You can use betray as a verb in a sentence.
- About Betray
- A 2 syllables verb and 6 letters with the letters a, b, e, r, t, and y, 4 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters tr. Betray starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters b, be, bet, betr, betra, and the ending characters are y, ay, ray, tray, etray, ..
- Definition
- Give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- Compound Words
- A compound word, betray has more than one word within it. There's 2 words which are bet, and ray.
- Scrabble
- Is betray a scrabble word? A 11 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Betray in Pig Latin is said as "etraybay or etraybway".
- Unigram
- b | e | t | r | a | y
- Bigram
- be | et | tr | ra | ay
- Trigram
- bet | etr | tra | ray
- Quadrigram
- betr | etra | tray
- Word Gram
- Verb Examples
- give away information about somebody;
"He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" - cause someone to believe an untruth;
"The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" - reveal unintentionally;
"Her smile betrayed her true feelings" - 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" - deliver to an enemy by treachery;
"Judas sold Jesus";
"The spy betrayed his country"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Abandon | the trait of lacking restraint or control freedom from inhibition or worry "she danced with abandon" |
| Abjure | formally reject or disavow a formerly held belief, usually under pressure "He retracted his earlier statements about his religion" "She abjured her beliefs" |
| Abuse | cruel or inhumane treatment |
| Ambuscade | the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise |
| Ambush | the act of concealing yourself and lying in wait to attack by surprise |
| Annul | annul by recalling or rescinding "He revoked the ban on smoking" "lift an embargo" "vacate a death sentence" |
| Apostate | a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. |
| Apostatise | abandon one''s beliefs or allegiances |
| Apostatize | abandon one''s beliefs or allegiances |
| Apricot | a shade of pink tinged with yellow |
View all cognitive synonyms for Betray
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Apostate | a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. |
| Betrayer | a person who says one thing and does another |
| Blabber | one who reveals confidential information in return for money |
| Canary | any of several small Old World finches |
| Crap | obscene words for unacceptable behavior "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk" "what he said was mostly bull" |
| Deserter | a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) |
| Dirt | disgraceful gossip about the private lives of other people |
| Dump | (computer science) a copy of the contents of a computer storage device sometimes used in debugging programs |
| Fink | someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police |
| Informer | one who reveals confidential information in return for money |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Inform | give character or essence to "The principles that inform modern teaching" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Sell Out |
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battery (7 letters) | 12 +1 | 12 +1 | battery | ||
| Teaberry (8 letters) | 13 +2 | 13 +2 | betrayer | ||
| Betrayer (8 letters) | 13 +2 | 13 +2 | betrayer | ||
| Beta Ray (8 letters) | |||||
| Bay Tree (8 letters) | |||||
| Terabyte (8 letters) | 13 +2 | 13 +2 | abeertty |
Betray Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With B
- Ends With Y
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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