Definition of disloyal Disloyal

/dɪslɔjˈʌl/ - [disloyul] - dis•loy•al

We found 5 definitions of disloyal from 4 different sources.

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What does disloyal mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

disloyal, disloyaler, disloyalest

disloyal - deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers"
  loyal steadfast in allegiance or duty; "loyal subjects"; "loyal friends stood by him"
  unpatriotic, disloyal showing lack of love for your country
  loyalty, trueness the quality of being loyal
  faithless, traitorous, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist"
  insurgent, subversive, seditious in opposition to a civil authority or government
  mutinous consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny; "mutinous acts"; "mutinous thoughts"; "a mutinous speech"
  rebellious participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy"
disloyal - showing lack of love for your country
  unpatriotic
  patriotic, loyal inspired by love for your country
  disloyal deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers"
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • disloyal (a.)
    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.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • disloyal
    dis-loi′al, adj. not loyal: false to one's sovereign: faithless: treacherous.—adv. Disloy′ally.—n. Disloy′alty. [O. Fr. desloyal, des—L. dis, neg., loyal, leial—L. legalis, legal.]

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