disloyal
disloyal
Definition
dis·loyal (dis lo̵i′əl)
dis·loy′·ally adverb
disloyal
Synonyms
disloyal
modif.
disloyal
Usage Examples
Used with adjective complement
- feel: I used to dream about talking to someone and the relief that would bring but felt disloyal for even having the thought.
- consider: It's no longer considered disloyal to make the fairly obvious observation that our membership is aging fast.
- become: When any tribe became disloyal ( e.g. through following other gods ) disaster hit them.
- sound: The skill of your facilitators is crucial here; they must be comfortable with heated debates that can often sound disloyal.
- appear: Any expression of heterodoxy at that time would inevitably run the risk of appearing disloyal.
- seem: It can almost seem disloyal to the family if you feel unable to manage.
Modifying Another Word
- not: To prove that you are not disloyal you have to overtly express support for the most right wing activities of the state.
- potentially: If Saddam's forces retreated to cities, they might well liquidate potentially disloyal elements.
- so: The books he wrote about his father were so disloyal.
Modifies a noun
- subject: It is the offense of a disloyal subject, rather than of a disaffected and undutiful son.
- brother: Sadly all 14 children had already died leaving his disloyal brother, Christopher, to inherit the throne.
- man: But if you keep company with a disloyal man, we might think that you were disloyal, too.
- million: On any kind in the third and never walk while disloyal millions.
- servant: Maybe it was stolen at that point by a disloyal servant, choosing to run at that moment.
- employe: He says the ' broken-hearted ' class of 2000 are likely to prove disloyal employees.
Browse dictionary entries near disloyal
- dislodge
- dislocation
- dislocate
- dislike
- diskette
- disk wheel
- disk operating system
- disk jockey
- disk harrow
- disk flower
- disloyalty
- dismal
- dismal science
- Dismal Swamp
- dismantle
- dismast
- dismay
- dismember
- dismiss
- dismissal
