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- 1. expose (one's country, a group, or a person) to danger by treacherously giving information to an enemy: "a double agent who betrayed some 400 British and French agents to the Germans" Similar Opposite
- 2. unintentionally reveal; be evidence of: "she drew a deep breath that betrayed her indignation"
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BETRAYED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of betray 2. to not be loyal to your country or a person, often…. Learn more.
The meaning of BETRAYED is treacherously abandoned, deserted, or mistreated. How to use betrayed in a sentence.
I trusted him and he betrayed me. After a bitter ten-year campaign, William Wallace was betrayed and executed in London in 1305. At the height of Stalin's rule, children were encouraged to betray their parents.
BETRAYED meaning: 1. past simple and past participle of betray 2. to not be loyal to your country or a person, often…. Learn more.
The President betrayed them when he went back on his promise not to raise taxes. [VERB noun]
They betrayed their country by selling its secrets to other governments. She is very loyal and would never betray a friend. She betrayed her own people by supporting the enemy. She coughed, betraying her presence behind the door.
She felt betrayed when she found out the truth about him. take somebody in [often passive] to make somebody believe something that is not true, usually in order to get what you want: I was taken in by her story.
betray to hurt someone who trusts you, especially by deceiving them or not being loyal to them: She felt betrayed when she found out the truth about him. con (informal) to deceive someone, especially in order to get money from them or get them to do something for you: My grandfather was conned out of $10,000 by criminals. which word?
Define betrayed. betrayed synonyms, betrayed pronunciation, betrayed translation, English dictionary definition of betrayed. tr.v. be·trayed , be·tray·ing , be·trays 1. a. To give aid or information to an enemy of; commit treason against: betray one's country.
The earliest known use of the adjective betrayed is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for betrayed is from 1609, in the writing of William Shakespeare, playwright and poet. betrayed is formed within English, by derivation.
