BETRAYED: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for BETRAYED?

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Associations of "Betrayed" (30 Words)

apostasy	The abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief or principle. The execution of their leader for apostasy brought widespread criticism.
apostate	Abandoning a religious or political belief or principle. An apostate Roman Catholic.
betrayal	An act of deliberate betrayal. These developments represented a betrayal of democracy.
betrayer	One who reveals confidential information in return for money.
cheat	An act of cheating a fraud or deception. We were cheated by their clever sounding scheme.
cheating	A deception for profit to yourself.
deceit	The act of deceiving. A web of deceit.
deceive	Be false to; be dishonest with. I didn t intend to deceive people into thinking it was French champagne.
defection	The desertion of one’s country or cause in favour of an opposing one. His defection from the Labour Party.
defector	A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post. Staff interviewed escapees and defectors to the West.
disloyal	Deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle. Disloyal mutterings about his leadership.
duplicity	Acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another. The president was accused of duplicity in his dealings with Congress.
faithless	Without religious faith. They were ungodly and faithless.
fraudulence	The quality of being fraudulent.
humbug	Trick or deceive. Poor Dave is easily humbugged.
infidelity	Disbelief in a particular religion, especially Christianity. Her infidelity continued after her marriage.
perfidious	Deceitful and untrustworthy. The perfidious Judas.
perfidy	The state of being deceitful and untrustworthy. Hapsburg perfidy.
proselytize	Convert or attempt to convert (someone) from one religion, belief, or opinion to another. Davis wanted to share his concept and proselytize his ideas.
quisling	A traitor who collaborates with an enemy force occupying their country. He had the Quisling owner of the factory arrested.
rebel	Take part in a rebellion renounce a former allegiance. Tory rebels.
renegade	Become a renegade. Renegades and Deserters of Heaven who renounce their God for the Favour of Man.
traitor	Someone who betrays his country by committing treason. He was a traitor to his own class.
traitorous	Relating to or characteristic of a traitor; treacherous. When his traitorous actions were discovered he was imprisoned.
treacherous	Tending to betray especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans. Memory is particularly treacherous.
treachery	Betrayal of trust. The treachery of language.
treason	An act of deliberate betrayal. Doubt is the ultimate treason against faith.
treasonable	(of an offence or offender) punishable as treason or as committing treason. There was no evidence of treasonable activity.
trick	Deceive somebody. He did conjuring tricks for his daughters.
turncoat	A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. They denounced him as a turncoat.