What does disloyal mean?
Definitions for disloyal
dɪsˈlɔɪ əldis·loy·al
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word disloyal.
Princeton's WordNet
unpatriotic, disloyaladjective
showing lack of love for your country
disloyaladjective
deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle
"disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers"
Wiktionary
disloyaladjective
Of or pertaining to an absence of loyalty; faithless, traitorous.
Etymology: from desleal, desloial
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
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
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
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
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.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of disloyal in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of disloyal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of disloyal in a Sentence
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.
May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
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.
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.
Trump never forgets a Republican who is disloyal to him.
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- dislealBreton
- deslleialCatalan, Valencian
- illoyalGerman
- deslealSpanish
- déloyalFrench
- glûpskWestern Frisian
- deslealGalician
- desloyalaIdo
- slealeItalian
- deslealPortuguese
- нелоя́льныйRussian
- illojalSwedish
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