unloyal
unloyal adjective: not loyal.
Adjective
unloyal (comparative more unloyal, superlative most unloyal)
- Not loyal.
- I happened to hear of the Pomeroy letter in behalf of Mr. Chase, and I learned with amazement that Chase was conspiring with his friends to secure the nomination for the Presidency, and was untrue and unloyal to his chief.1911, Shelby M. Cullom, Fifty Years of Public Service
- Particularly did the Kaiser call attention to the equivocal and unloyal position of England which had destroyed the hope of a peaceful issue.1918, James W. Gerard, Face to Face with Kaiserism
- Synonyms:
- disloyal, unfaithful, unleal, booky, dastardly, disleal, double-crossing, double-dealing, double-faced, double-hearted
Synonyms of unloyal
- disloyal
- unfaithful
- unleal
- booky
- dastardly
- double-crossing
- double-dealing
- double-faced
- double-hearted
- doublehearted
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- faithless
- false
- false-hearted
- guileful
- hollow-hearted
- infidelitous
- Judaslike
- Judasly
- nonfaithful
- perfidious
- Punic
- ratlike
- recreant
- renegade
- reptilian
- traitorish
- traitorlike
- traitorly
- traitorous
- traitorsome
- treacherous
- treachersome
- unsteadfast
- untrue
- viperish
- viperous
- disleal
- falseheart
- guiled
- illoyal
Forms of unloyal
| comparative | more unloyal |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unloyal |
Origin of unloyal
From un- + loyal. Piecewise doublet of unleal and unlegal.
Words formed from unloyal
Questions about unloyal
- What does unloyal mean?
- Unloyal means not loyal.
- What part of speech is unloyal?
- Unloyal is an adjective.
Words near unloyal in the dictionary
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