What does disloyal mean?

Definitions for disloyal
dɪsˈlɔɪ əldis·loy·al

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. unpatriotic, disloyaladjective

    showing lack of love for your country

  2. disloyaladjective

    deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle

    "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers"

Wiktionary

  1. disloyaladjective

    Of or pertaining to an absence of loyalty; faithless, traitorous.

  2. Etymology: from desleal, desloial

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Disloyaladjective

    Etymology: desloyal, French; dis and loyal.

    Foul distrust, and breach
    Disloyal on the part of man; revolt
    And disobedience. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. ix. l. 7.

    Such things, in a false disloyal knave,
    Are tricks of custom; but, in a man that’s just,
    They’re cold delations working from the heart,
    That passion cannot rule. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    The lady is disloyal.
    ———— Disloyal! The word is too good to paint out her wickedness. William Shakespeare.

    Disloyal town!
    Speak, did’st not thou
    Forsake thy faith, and break the nuptial vow? Dryden.

Wikipedia

  1. disloyal

    Disloyal: A Memoir; The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump is a 2020 book by Michael Cohen. In the memoir, Cohen recollects his time working as an attorney for Donald Trump from 2006 to 2018, his felony convictions, and other personal affairs. Throughout the book, Cohen alleges numerous incidents of wrongdoing by Trump.

ChatGPT

  1. disloyal

    Disloyal refers to the act of showing a lack of loyalty, faithfulness, or allegiance. This could be towards a person, group, organization, cause, or belief. A disloyal person is someone who cannot be relied upon to be supportive or trustworthy, as they are prone to betrayal or desertion.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Disloyaladjective

    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 20th Century Dictionary

  1. 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of disloyal in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of disloyal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of disloyal in a Sentence

  1. Eric Fehrnstrom:

    I think it's important they not appear disloyal, especially as the presidential race tightens. If they're perceived as bashing Trump in a way that helps Clinton, that will hurt them with base voters.

  2. Dwight D. Eisenhower:

    May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

  3. Dwight D. Eisenhower:

    Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, we may never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

  4. Dwight D Eisenhower:

    Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.

  5. Alex Conant:

    Trump never forgets a Republican who is disloyal to him.

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