Betray
verb
To expose someone's secrets or unloyal actions.
He betrayed his brother's secret to the whole family.
Often appears as...
- betray a secret
- betray trust
verb
To be unfaithful or disloyal.
She felt betrayed when she found out he was cheating on her.
Often appears as...
- betray someone's trust
- betray a promise
verb
To unintentionally reveal; to exhibit.
His trembling hands betrayed his nervousness.
Often appears as...
- betray nervousness
- betray emotion
verb
To expose someone's secrets or unloyal actions.
He betrayed his brother's secret to the whole family.
Often appears as...
- betray a secret
- betray trust
verb
To be unfaithful or disloyal.
She felt betrayed when she found out he was cheating on her.
Often appears as...
- betray someone's trust
- betray a promise
verb
To unintentionally reveal; to exhibit.
His trembling hands betrayed his nervousness.
Often appears as...
- betray nervousness
- betray emotion
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Trust Broken
Used when someone breaks a promise or confidence, hurting a relationship.
Sharing the private message betrayed my trust.
Pro Tip 2/2Secret Revealed
Indicates the act of revealing information that was meant to be kept confidential.
The journalist betrayed the whereabouts of the whistleblower.
Pro Tip 1/2Trust Broken
Used when someone breaks a promise or confidence, hurting a relationship.
Sharing the private message betrayed my trust.
Pro Tip 2/2Secret Revealed
Indicates the act of revealing information that was meant to be kept confidential.
The journalist betrayed the whereabouts of the whistleblower.
Pro Tip 1/2Trust Broken
Used when someone breaks a promise or confidence, hurting a relationship.
Sharing the private message betrayed my trust.
Pro Tip 2/2Secret Revealed
Indicates the act of revealing information that was meant to be kept confidential.
The journalist betrayed the whereabouts of the whistleblower.
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How does your immune...
These molecular traces on the surface of pathogens and other foreign substances betray the presence of invaders. As soon as the leukocytes detect them, it takes only minutes for the body’s protective immune response to kick in. Threats to our bodies are hugely variable, so the immune response has to be equally adaptable.
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Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
um betray an animal's camouflage somewhere in the thickets she'll be able to see it race down the tree to be able to catch it and catch you i don't know if females develop jewlaps in a no it is something that is designed for males is designed for protecting the male's neck making them bigger stronger
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A queer vision of love...
because I was supposedly born in the wrong body? But it's this type of structuring that has to be reframed in order to let love in. My body never betrayed me, and my body was never wrong. It's this restrictive, binary thinking on gender that said that I didn't exist. But when we met,
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Want interstellar...
and psychiatrist said each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission fulfill it or betray it we have to figure out what we're going to do with those radical leaps and how we're gonna get there but I guess first we actually have to talk about what is a
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The Egyptian Book of the...
precisely so Ani's heart doesn't betray him by recalling the time he listened to his neighbors fight or washed his feet in the Nile. Now, it's Ani's moment of truth, the weighing of the heart. If his heart is heavier than the feather, weighed down by Ani's wrongdoings,
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Why fascism is so...
then I will sacrifice my family. If the nation demands that I kill millions of people, then I will kill millions of people. And if my nation demands that I betray truth and beauty, then I should betray truth and beauty.
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The original ring of...
and, inside the palace, used the ring to prowl undetected. He seduced the queen and convinced her to betray her husband. And soon Gyges, once a humble shepherd, had murdered the monarch and claimed the kingdom.
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How to outsmart the...
The same is true for Crispy. This is the standard conclusion of the Prisoner's the two characters will betray one another. Their strategy to unconditionally sacrifice their companion
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Billy Graham:...
most -- in the most advanced society in the world, we have poverty. We have families that self-destruct, friends that betray us.
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Hungry Polar Bear...
To prevent her scent betraying her, she makes a wide sweep to get downwind of the seal.
Video examples
How does your immune...
These molecular traces on the surface of pathogens and other foreign substances betray the presence of invaders. As soon as the leukocytes detect them, it takes only minutes for the body’s protective immune response to kick in. Threats to our bodies are hugely variable, so the immune response has to be equally adaptable.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 340 PIPE...
um betray an animal's camouflage somewhere in the thickets she'll be able to see it race down the tree to be able to catch it and catch you i don't know if females develop jewlaps in a no it is something that is designed for males is designed for protecting the male's neck making them bigger stronger
Video examples
A queer vision of love...
because I was supposedly born in the wrong body? But it's this type of structuring that has to be reframed in order to let love in. My body never betrayed me, and my body was never wrong. It's this restrictive, binary thinking on gender that said that I didn't exist. But when we met,
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Want interstellar...
and psychiatrist said each generation must out of relative obscurity discover its mission fulfill it or betray it we have to figure out what we're going to do with those radical leaps and how we're gonna get there but I guess first we actually have to talk about what is a
Video examples
The Egyptian Book of the...
precisely so Ani's heart doesn't betray him by recalling the time he listened to his neighbors fight or washed his feet in the Nile. Now, it's Ani's moment of truth, the weighing of the heart. If his heart is heavier than the feather, weighed down by Ani's wrongdoings,
Video examples
Why fascism is so...
then I will sacrifice my family. If the nation demands that I kill millions of people, then I will kill millions of people. And if my nation demands that I betray truth and beauty, then I should betray truth and beauty.
Video examples
The original ring of...
and, inside the palace, used the ring to prowl undetected. He seduced the queen and convinced her to betray her husband. And soon Gyges, once a humble shepherd, had murdered the monarch and claimed the kingdom.
Video examples
How to outsmart the...
The same is true for Crispy. This is the standard conclusion of the Prisoner's the two characters will betray one another. Their strategy to unconditionally sacrifice their companion
Video examples
Billy Graham:...
most -- in the most advanced society in the world, we have poverty. We have families that self-destruct, friends that betray us.
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Hungry Polar Bear...
To prevent her scent betraying her, she makes a wide sweep to get downwind of the seal.
Example 1 of 10
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Sarah Bernhardt
French Actress
Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third.
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Nicole Kidman
Australian Actress
I'm a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I'm a real person operating in the world. For me to discuss the most private thing feels wrong. It feels like I'm betraying myself and my children.
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John Robinson
American Actor
I felt like I was betraying my family. But I knew that trying to explain my emotions in a movie like this was more important than leaving them unspoken.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
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Jefferson Mays
American Actor
The beauty of performance for me is finding details with which to betray character.
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Kate Millett
American Activist
Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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Shania Twain
Canadian Musician
Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.
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Taylor Caldwell
American Author
I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
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Cao Cao
Chinese Statesman
I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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Sarah Bernhardt
French Actress
Once the curtain is raised, the actor is ceases to belong to himself. He belongs to his character, to his author, to his public. He must do the impossible to identify himself with the first, not to betray the second, and not to disappoint the third.
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Nicole Kidman
Australian Actress
I'm a woman, a mother, a daughter, a sister. I'm a real person operating in the world. For me to discuss the most private thing feels wrong. It feels like I'm betraying myself and my children.
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John Robinson
American Actor
I felt like I was betraying my family. But I knew that trying to explain my emotions in a movie like this was more important than leaving them unspoken.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
American Philosopher
Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German Writer
There is nothing in which people more betray their character than in what they laugh at.
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Jefferson Mays
American Actor
The beauty of performance for me is finding details with which to betray character.
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Kate Millett
American Activist
Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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Shania Twain
Canadian Musician
Being betrayed is one of the most valuable lessons life can teach.
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Taylor Caldwell
American Author
I have been constantly betrayed and deceived all my life.
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Cao Cao
Chinese Statesman
I'd rather betray the world than let the world betray me.
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