What does bewray mean?
Bewray means (transitive, archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of..
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/bɪˈɹeɪ/ · verb
(transitive, archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of..
His countenance bewraies he is displeasd.
A comparison with the Divine Comedy of all these versions combined bewrays many points of resemblance, and even of absolute coincidence, in the general architecture and ethical structure of hell and paradise; in the description of the tortures and rewards; […]
Obscene with filth the varlet lies bewray’d, Fal’n in the plash his wickedness had lay’d:
Like caterpillars dangling under trees By slender threads, and swinging in the breeze, Which filthily bewray and sore disgrace The boughs in which are bred th’ unseemly race […]
Use bewray when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bewray means (transitive, archaic) To accuse; malign; speak evil of..
Common synonyms include besmirch, denigrate, diss, assassinate.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
His countenance bewraies he is displeasd.
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