betray

/bɪˈtreɪ/ verb [T]

Definition

PERSON › to behave in a dishonest or cruel way to someone who trusts you: When I heard what he had said about me, I felt betrayed.

SECRETS › If you betray your country or an organization, you give secret information to its enemies or to other organizations.

EMOTION › to show an emotion that you were trying to hide: Her face was calm, but her hands betrayed her nervousness.

(Definition of betray verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

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