Betraying
adj, noun, verb
adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 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 […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of betray form-of, gerund, participle, present
Adjective
- 1 That betrays
Example
More examples"The politician did not bother to apologize for betraying our trust."
Etymology
Etymology 1
From betray + -ing.
Etymology 2
From Middle English betraying, bytrayenge, betraȝyng, equivalent to betray + -ing.