1.
[syn: unpatriotic, disloyal]
2. deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle;
- Example: "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
Without a thought disloyal. --Mrs.
Browning.
Syn: Disobedient; faithless; untrue; treacherous; perfidious;
dishonest; inconstant; disaffected.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disloyal
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]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
30 Moby Thesaurus words for "disloyal":
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