betray
/bɪˈtreɪ/
US pronunciation
American sound/bɪˈtreɪ/
bɪˈtreɪ
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
bɪ - ˈtreɪ -> betray
Myanmar meaning
(v) သစ္စာဖောက်သည်။ (လျှိုက်ဝှက်ချက်စသည်ကို)ပေါက်ကြားစေသည်။ ပေါ်လွင်စေသည်။
Full entry
၁။ ~ sb/sth (to sb) ရန်သူအားပေးသည်၊ ပြသည်။ betray state secrets ❍ Judas betrayed Jesus to the authorities.
၂။ (က) သစ္စာဖောက်သည်။ betray one's country/one's principles/one's wife ❍ She felt cheated and betrayed. (ခ) အယုံအကြည်မဲ့အောင် လုပ်သည်။ He should have returned the money; he has betrayed our trust.
၃။ (က) (လှစ်ခနဲ၊ မသိမသာ) ပြနေသည်။ She said she was sorry, but her eyes betrayed her secret delight. ❍ His accent betrayed the fact that he was not English.
(ခ) ~ oneself ဇာတိရုပ်ကိုပြသည်။ He had a good disguise, but as soon as he spoke he betrayed himself (ie he was recognized by his voice).
More examples
- In wartime many people accused of betraying their country were executed.
- She realized that one of her friends must have betrayed her.
- They felt their assistant had betrayed their trust in publishing his diaries.
- She had betrayed all her beliefs and told a lie.
- Rabbits betray their presence with fresh soil outside their burrow.
- His comments betray a lack of understanding.
- The woman’s face betrayed no emotion.
Synonyms
be disloyal to, give up, hand over, inform on, let down, deceive, abandon, be disloyal, be unfaithful, bite the hand that feeds you, blow the whistle, bluff, blurt out, break faith, break promise, break trust, break with, commit treason, cross, deliver up, delude, desert, dime, disclose, divulge, double-cross, evince, expose information, finger, fink on, forsake, give away, go back on, grass, inform, inform against, jilt, knife, lay bare, leak, let drop, let slip, let the cat out of the bag, make known, manifest, mislead, play Judas, play false, rat on, reveal, seduce, sell down the river, sell out, show, sing, snitch, spill, squeal, stab in the back, stool, take in, tattle, tell, tell on, trick, turn in, turn informer, turn state's evidence, uncover, unmask, walk out on
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