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Adjective betraying has 1 sense
- betraying - revealing unintentionally; "a betraying blush spread over her face"
Antonym: concealing (indirect, via revealing)
Verb betray has 6 senses
- betray, bewray - reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings"
--1 is one way to disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, impart, break, give away, let out
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
- betray, sell - deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country"
--2 is one way to deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot betray Sue
- fail, betray - 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"
--3 is one way to disappoint, let down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander - be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"
--4 is one way to deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
Sample sentence:
Sam cannot betray Sue
- denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag - give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
--5 is one way to inform
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- deceive, betray, lead astray - cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
--6 is one way to misinform, mislead
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
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