bewray

1 antonym for bewray — opposites grouped by meaning.

Verb — To blame someone or say bad things about them.

Synonyms by Meaning

1. verb

To blame someone or say bad things about them.

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2. verb

To let something become known, especially something secret.

“But we will not eat nor drink with the lords of Witchland, who bewrayed and forsook us their sworn confederates at the sea-fight against the Ghouls.”

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Opposites

obscure

3. verb

To show what someone or something is really like, often without meaning to, or in a way that damages their reputation.

“His very speeches bewray the man – intensely human, frank and single-hearted”

uncover uncloak unfold reveal bare show expose

Antonyms

obscure

Etymology

Came into English from Middle English bewraien, bewreyen or biwreyen, which developed from Old English *bewrēġan, itself from Proto-Germanic *biwrōgijaną (“to speak about; tell on; inform of”). It is cognate with Old Frisian biwrōgja (“to disclose, reveal”), Dutch bewroegen (“to blame; accuse”), Middle Low German bewrȫ...

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