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Disloyal definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DISLOYAL, a. [dis and loyal.]
1. Not true to allegiance; false to a sovereign; faithless; as a disloyal subject.
2. False; perfidious; treacherous; as a disloyal knave.
3. Not true to the marriage-bed.
4. False in love; not constant.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: showing lack of love for your country [syn: unpatriotic, disloyal] [ant: loyal, patriotic]
2: deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers" [ant: loyal]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French desleial, desloial, from des- dis- + leal loyal Date: 15th century lacking in loyalty; also showing an absence of allegiance, devotion, obligation, faith, or support <his disloyal refusal to help his friend> Synonyms: see faithless • disloyally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. (often foll. by to) 1 not loyal; unfaithful. 2 untrue to one's allegiance; treacherous to one's government etc. Derivatives: disloyalist n. disloyally adv. disloyalty n. Etymology: ME f. OF desloial (as DIS-, LOYAL)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Someone who is disloyal to their friends, family, or country does not support them or does things that could harm them. She was so disloyal to her deputy she made his position untenable... ? loyal ADJ: oft ADJ to n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Unfaithful, undutiful, disaffected, faithless, false, treacherous, perfidious, untrue, false to one's allegiance.

Moby Thesaurus

alienated, apostate, collaborative, deceitful, derelict, disaffected, estranged, faithless, false, fickle, heretical, inconstant, not true to, of bad faith, perfidious, recreant, renegade, subversive, tergiversant, tergiversating, traitorous, treacherous, treasonable, treasonous, trothless, unfaithful, unloyal, unsteadfast, untrue, untrustworthy