Crossword clues for betraying
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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.]
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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.
Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men.
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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.
But when I rise, I shall find my legs betraying me.
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To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known.
Willing to serve or betray any government for hire.
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To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally.
Be swift to hear, but cautious of your tongue, lest you betray your ignorance.
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To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin.
Genius . . . often betrays itself into great errors.
--T. Watts. To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon.
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To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed.
All the names in the country betray great antiquity.
--Bryant.
Wiktionary
n. betrayal vb. (present participle of betray English)
WordNet
adj. revealing unintentionally; "a betraying blush spread over her face"
Usage examples of "betraying".
Barbarians were confounded by the image of their own patience and the masculine females, spitting in the faces of their sons and husbands, most bitterly reproached them for betraying their dominion and freedom to these pygmies of the south, contemptible in their numbers, diminutive in their stature.
Latins may teach us to suspect, that the report was invented by the enemies of Irene, to charge her with the guilt of betraying the church and state to the strangers of the West.
A distance begun that day her brothers browbeat Cleo into betraying her.
Here, near that island where her army sheltered, the birds had been hunted out, so they had the water to themselves and their progress flushed no betraying clatter of wings.
He heard something moving in front of him, the dead leaves betraying each step, and he stepped forward as quickly as he dared, craning his neck to see beyond the thick trunks just before him.
Even now she searched for Grinsa, not knowing how she could find him without betraying him to the Weaver and thus endangering his life a third time.
You want me to summon my first minister to this chamber so that I can accuse her of betraying our house.
Braden as her unique scent, but she allowed herself to be herded upstairs by her cousin, the scuffing of her shoes betraying her reluctance.
Members of the Palace Guard lined the hall, and two Cassiline Brothers stood mo tionless behind the King, grey shadows in the background, only the glint of steel at their wrists betraying their presence.
He kept a close watch on Joscelin, who stood at his guard-position without expression, only his pallor betraying his emotions.
A candle cast its light across the room, and Royden sat beside him, his expression somber, his wide-set eyes betraying his concern.
Alayna said simply, her expression serious and her voice betraying no hint of fear.
But by betraying the Order and joining forces with Calbyr and his men, the Child of Amarid had exhibited a ruthlessness that Calbyr respected.
But kill them he had, betraying them in turn, and saving what was left of Watersbend.
Niall, his dark eyes betraying a hint of apprehension from beneath his thick silver hair, struck his staff on the bridge several times in an effort to silence the increasingly unruly throng, but the clamor continued unabated.