DISLOYAL

disloyal

(adjective) deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; “disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers”

unpatriotic, disloyal

(adjective) showing lack of love for your country

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

disloyal (comparative more disloyal, superlative most disloyal)

Not loyal, without loyalty.

Synonyms

• faithless

• perfidious

• treacherous

• unfaithful

• unloyal

Source: Wiktionary


Dis*loy"al, a. Etym: [Pref. dis- + loyal: cf. OF. desloial, desleal, F. déloyal. See Loyal.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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