Tra từ betray - Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. reveal unintentionally (Freq. 8)
- Her smile betrayed her true feelings
• Syn:
bewray
• Hypernyms:
unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal,
discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
2. deliver to an enemy by treachery (Freq. 3)
- Judas sold Jesus
- The spy betrayed his country
• Syn:
sell
• Derivationally related forms:
betrayer, betrayal
• Hypernyms:
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
• Hyponyms:
double cross
• Verb Group:
sell
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot betray Sue
3. disappoint, prove undependable to;
abandon, forsake (Freq. 2)
- His sense of smell failed him this time
- His strength finally failed him
- His children failed him in the crisis
• Syn:
fail
• Hypernyms:
disappoint, let down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
4. be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage (Freq. 1)
- She cheats on her husband
- Might her husband be wandering?
• Syn:
cheat on, cheat, cuckold, wander
• Derivationally related forms:
cuckold (for: cuckold)
• Hypernyms:
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
• Hyponyms:
two-time, play around, fool around
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s (for: wander)
- Somebody ----s (for: cheat)
- Sam cannot betray Sue
5. give away information about somebody (Freq. 1)
- He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam
• Syn:
denounce, tell on, give away, rat, grass,
shit, shop, snitch, stag
• Derivationally related forms:
snitch (for: snitch), snitcher (for: snitch), shit (for: shit), rat (for: rat), ratter (for: rat), ratting (for: rat), betrayer
• Hypernyms:
inform
• Hyponyms:
sell out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s PP (for: stag)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: snitch)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: shop)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: shit)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: grass)
- Somebody ----s PP (for: rat)
6. cause someone to believe an untruth
- The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house
• Syn:
deceive, lead astray
• Ant:
undeceive (for: deceive)
• Derivationally related forms:
betrayer, deceptive (for: deceive), deception (for: deceive), deceiver (for: deceive)
• Hypernyms:
misinform, mislead
• Hyponyms:
pose, impersonate, personate, bamboozle, snow,
hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false, gull, dupe,
slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in,
put one over, put one across
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody