disleal
/dɪsˈliːəl/
disleal adjective: disloyal; perfidious.
Adjective
disleal (comparative more disleal, superlative most disleal)
- disloyal; perfidious
- In whiche manner thou being falſelye and trayterouſlye aſſaulted, ſhalte not be hurte, and the enemy ſhal ſhew himſelfe to be diſleal, which hadde thought to haue hurt thee, if he hadde bene able.1563, Peter Whytehoꝛne, transl., Onoſandro Platonico, of the Generall Captaine, and of his office […] , fol. 113
- disleall knight1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto V”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 5
- Synonyms:
- faithless, infidelitous, unleal, booky, dastardly, disloyal, double-crossing, double-dealing, double-faced, double-hearted
Synonyms of disleal
- faithless
- infidelitous
- unleal
- booky
- dastardly
- disloyal
- double-crossing
- double-dealing
- double-faced
- double-hearted
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- doublehearted
- false
- false-hearted
- guileful
- hollow-hearted
- Judaslike
- Judasly
- nonfaithful
- perfidious
- Punic
- ratlike
- recreant
- renegade
- reptilian
- traitorish
- traitorlike
- traitorly
- traitorous
- traitorsome
- treacherous
- treachersome
- unfaithful
- unloyal
- unsteadfast
- untrue
- viperish
- viperous
- falseheart
- guiled
- illoyal
Forms of disleal
| comparative | more disleal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most disleal |
Origin of disleal
See disloyal, leal.
Questions about disleal
- What does disleal mean?
- Disleal means disloyal; perfidious.
- What part of speech is disleal?
- Disleal is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce disleal?
- Disleal is pronounced /dɪsˈliːəl/.
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