betraying

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adjective

That betrays

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Meanings

betraying1

adjectivebetraying (comparative more betraying, superlative most betraying)

comparative more betraying · superlative most betraying

  1. That betrays
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of betray

betraying2

nounbetraying (plural betrayings)

plural betrayings

  1. betrayal

    Oh, by what plots, by what forswearings, betrayings, oppressions, imprisonments, tortures, poisonings, and under what reasons of state and politic subtilty, have these forenamed kings […] pulled the vengeance of God upon themselves […]

    1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World […], London: […] William Stansby for Walter Burre, […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5)

Origin

betraying · adjective, verb

From betray + -ing.

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betraying · noun

  1. Middle Englishbetraying
  2. Englishbetraying

From Middle English betraying, bytrayenge, betraȝyng, equivalent to betray + -ing.

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APA

betraying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betraying

MLA

“betraying.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betraying. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “betraying,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/betraying.

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