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disloyal - 3 dictionary results

dis⋅loy⋅al

[dis-loi-uhl]
–adjective
false to one's obligations or allegiances; not loyal; faithless; treacherous.

Origin:
1470–80; < MF desloial, OF desleal, equiv. to des- dis- 1 + leal loyal


dis⋅loy⋅al⋅ist, noun
dis⋅loy⋅al⋅ly, adverb


unfaithful, perfidious, traitorous, treasonable.
dis·loy·al   (dĭs-loi'əl)   
adj.  Lacking loyalty. See Synonyms at faithless.

[Late Middle English, from Old French desloial : des-, dis- + loial, loyal; see loyal.]
dis·loy'al·ist n., dis·loy'al·ly adv.

Disloyal

Dis*loy"al\, a. [Pref. dis- + loyal: cf. OF. desloial, desleal, F. d['e]loyal. See Loyal.] Not loyal; not true to a sovereign or lawful superior, or to the government under which one lives; false where allegiance is due; faithless; as, a subject disloyal to the king; a husband disloyal to his wife.

Without a thought disloyal. --Mrs. Browning.

Syn: Disobedient; faithless; untrue; treacherous; perfidious; dishonest; inconstant; disaffected.
Language Translation for : disloyal
Spanish: desleal,
German: treulos,
Japanese: 不実な
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