betraying

verb

present participle of betray
1
as in crossing
to be unfaithful or disloyal to childhood friends of movie stars often betray them by telling their secrets to the supermarket tabloids

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2
as in revealing
to make known (something abstract) through outward signs his face betrayed his exasperation with his nosy neighbor

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3
as in seducing
to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage she was betrayed by a false show of friendship into covering up the crime

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Recent Examples of betraying Season one struggled to incorporate all of those elements of Lee without either forgiving or betraying his flaws. — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026 The mayor faced criticism on Wednesday both from Jewish groups for his focus on Israel’s military campaign in Gaza on the anniversary and from pro-Palestinian protesters who accused the mayor of betraying the cause. — Josephine Stratman, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026 The problem with this style is when our awareness of others comes at the cost of betraying ourselves. — Joanna Horton McPherson, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 The same goes for the guys, who reveal new layers of complexity in the movie’s later scenes that deepen our perception of them without betraying or undercutting the ugliness that has come before. — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026 The viral moment became a topic of conversation for weeks after the show wrapped, with Rausch gifting her a Birkin Bag as an apology for betraying her on the show. — Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026 Depending on the balance between the reward for staying silent (cooperating) and betrayal, the game stabilizes with everyone betraying everyone. — Chris Lee, ArsTechnica, 11 Sep. 2026 If some umpires have treated Vitello differently than other managers, then that’s a poor reflection on them for betraying their impartiality. — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 OpenAI battled its co-founder Elon Musk in a lawsuit accusing the company and Altman of betraying its nonprofit mission. — Alex Heath, Time, 26 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for betraying
  1. crossing
  2. revealing
  3. seducing
  4. displaying
  5. tempting
  6. showing
  7. luring
  8. demonstrating
Verb
  • Pedestrians crossing the George Washington Bridge once again have a path of their own.
    — Nick Caloway, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Both crossing arms were lowered and warning lights were activated at the Bond Road rail crossing when the man walked onto the tracks and was struck by the train, the Elk Grove Police Department said in a post to social media.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of crossing
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  • The extra baggage negates the weightlessness, revealing a more flawed and earthbound iteration of the band.
    — Gabriel Szatan, Pitchfork, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The seemingly perfectly healthy and always active youngster from Georgia suffered a massive seizure, with scans later revealing three brain tumors.
    — Patrick Snell, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of revealing
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  • Adva Lavie, an OnlyFans model, already is facing criminal charges in Los Angeles County for allegedly seducing and stealing from rich men.
    — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Still, with more than 40,000 industry jobs lost in the past few years, soundstages and vendor storefronts sitting empty, and lucrative overseas incentives seducing even more production away, things are bleak in town right now.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of seducing
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  • This holiday season will be the first true test of which brands are best at displaying their wares in ways that agents find irresistible.
    — Jake Angelo, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The panel offers deep blacks without producing the layering artifacts common when displaying darker hues.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of displaying
Verb
  • Their highest-profile signing has come on the women’s side, tempting Polish great Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney, second at both the Tour de France and World Championships this season, to join from Canyon-SRAM.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The snacks spill from every aisle, tempting you with Ghost Pepper Potato Chips and two-bite cookies in plastic drums while you’re supposed to be finding the frozen broccoli.
    — Alex Beggs, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of tempting
Verb
  • Further down, The 7 covers a new poll showing Americans’ skepticism of AI.
    — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Another important step that was done here is showing that the syndrome data from one round only correlates with the data from the one immediately before and immediately after.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of showing
Verb
  • Neighbors said the man began kicking and mistreating the dog before eventually luring the husky away from the yard with food.
    — Hunter Sowards, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Popular at American Chinese or Cajun-style Chinese restaurants, the sticky-sweet chicken is the utter definition of delicious, luring weary shoppers into food courts to find refuge from the bubblegum pink sweatpants and ripped denim.
    — Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of luring
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  • There's also the gap between demonstrating a prototype and delivering a finished vehicle.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • Its progress will depend on integrating the communications hardware and demonstrating the system’s performance through testing.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of demonstrating

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“Betraying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/betraying. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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