Synonyms of betide

betide

verb

bi-ˈtīd 

as in to happen

to take place

we will be happy in our new home, whatever may betide

Synonyms & Similar Words

• happen
• occur
• be
• come
• do
• befall
• hap
• come down
• come about
• go down
• go on
• pass
• cook
• transpire
• come off
• chance
• come to pass
• arise
• rise
• proceed
• shape (up)
• materialize
• spring (up)
• result
• come up
• develop
• intervene
• follow
• crop (up)
• turn out
• break
• go off
• fall out

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of betide

Yet woe betide any of the sport’s experts who dare to suggest the dice may be even slightly loaded in India’s favour. — Paul Newman, New York Times, 18 June 2025

And woe betide the poor educator who, without first warning their students’ parents, makes a spontaneous remark that might offend someone’s religious beliefs. — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 15 Apr. 2025

Woe betide anyone who bumps into Pansy on the street, but to watch her onscreen produces a kind of bruised exhilaration; her viciousness has an awesome life force. — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025

Disney recommends paying between 18% and 20% for service and woe betide anyone who tries to avoid that charge. — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024

Woe betide the ally who runs afoul of American progressive opinion. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2023

Critics have been sent the season’s first four episodes, but woe betide anybody who spoils much of anything about this run of backstabbing adventures in the realm of excess. — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Mar. 2023