svika — meaning in English
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English meaning
- betray verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
- disappoint verb To make someone feel let down by failing to meet their hopes or expectations.
- fail verb To be unsuccessful in achieving something.
Senses
svika is used for these senses in English:
- betray (transitive) To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive.
- disappoint (transitive) To sadden or displease (someone) by underperforming, or by not delivering something promised or hoped for.
- fail (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert; to disappoint one's expectations.
- let down (transitive, idiomatic) To disappoint; to betray or fail somebody.
betray — full definition
- verb To be disloyal to someone who trusts you, especially by helping their enemies or breaking a promise.
- verb To reveal something unintentionally.
disappoint — full definition
- verb To make someone feel let down by failing to meet their hopes or expectations.
- verb To fail to fulfil a plan, hope, or expectation.