betray
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(verb) reveal unintentionally; "Her smile betrayed her true feelings" |
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Synonyms: bewray |
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Related Words: break, bring out, declare, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, give away, impart, let on, let out, reveal |
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(verb) deliver to an enemy by treachery; "Judas sold Jesus"; "The spy betrayed his country" |
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Synonyms: sell |
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Related Words: cozen, deceive, delude, double cross, lead on |
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(verb) cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house" |
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Synonyms: deceive, lead astray |
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Related Words: bamboozle, befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, hoodwink, impersonate, lead by the nose, misinform, mislead, personate, play false, pose, put on, put one across, put one over, slang, snow, take in |
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(verb) 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" |
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Synonyms: fail |
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Related Words: disappoint, let down |
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(verb) give away information about somebody; "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam" |
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Synonyms: denounce, give away, grass, peach, rat, shit, shop, snitch, stag, tell on |
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Related Words: inform, sell out, tip off |
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(verb) be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?" |
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Synonyms: cheat, cheat on, cuckold, wander |
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Related Words: cozen, deceive, delude, fool around, lead on, play around, twotime |
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