disloyal
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 13
- Letters
- 8
[dɪsˈlɔɪ(j)əɫ](UK)
Definition of disloyal
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Not loyal, without loyalty.
“1536, Anne Boleyn, letter addressed to Henry VIII from the Tower of London, cited in Edward Herbert, The Life and Raigne of King Henry VIII, London: Thomas Whitaker, 1649, p. 383, Good your Grace, let not any light fancy, or bad Counsel of mine enemies withdraw your Princely favour from me; neither let that stain, that unworthy stain of a disloyall heart towards your good Grace, ever cast so foul a blot on your most dutifull Wife, and the Infant Princesse your daughter […]”
“[…] Norway himself, With terrible numbers, Assisted by that most disloyal traitor The thane of Cawdor, began a dismal conflict;”
“He told his mother he was glad to be back again. He sometimes felt as if it were disloyal to her for him to be so happy with Mrs. Erlich.”
“Embarrassed about leaving him, I asked him to accompany me. It would have been disloyal to let him broil in the heat of Cairo, while I went off to a summer resort.”
““In my opinion, they want us to lose,” Mr. Trump said, accusing the state’s governor, Brian Kemp, and its secretary of state, Brad Raffensperger, who is also a Republican, of being disloyal and trying to make life difficult for him.”
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Etymology
From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman desleal, desloial, equivalent to dis- + loyal.
Words you can make from disloyal
154 playable · top: SOLIDLY (11 pts)
Best play solidly 11 points6-letter words
5 words5-letter words
36 words- DAILY 9 pts
- DAISY 9 pts
- DALLY 9 pts
- DILLY 9 pts
- DOILY 9 pts
- DOLLY 9 pts
- IDYLL 9 pts
- IDYLS 9 pts
- ODYLS 9 pts
- SADLY 9 pts
- SAYID 9 pts
- SLOYD 9 pts
- ALLOY 8 pts
- LOYAL 8 pts
- SALLY 8 pts
- SILLY 8 pts
- SLILY 8 pts
- YILLS 8 pts
- ADIOS 6 pts
- ALDOL 6 pts
- ALLOD 6 pts
- DIALS 6 pts
- DILLS 6 pts
- DIOLS 6 pts
- DOLLS 6 pts
- DOSAI 6 pts
- IDOLS 6 pts
- LIDOS 6 pts
- LOADS 6 pts
- LOIDS 6 pts
- SLOID 6 pts
- SOLDI 6 pts
- SOLID 6 pts
- LILOS 5 pts
- OLLAS 5 pts
- SALOL 5 pts
4-letter words
58 words- DAYS 8 pts
- IDLY 8 pts
- IDYL 8 pts
- LADY 8 pts
- ODYL 8 pts
- OLDY 8 pts
- YALD 8 pts
- YODS 8 pts
- ALLY 7 pts
- ILLY 7 pts
- LAYS 7 pts
- LILY 7 pts
- OILY 7 pts
- SLAY 7 pts
- SOYA 7 pts
- SYLI 7 pts
- YILL 7 pts
- ADOS 5 pts
- AIDS 5 pts
- DAIS 5 pts
- DALS 5 pts
- DIAL 5 pts
- DILL 5 pts
- DIOL 5 pts
- DOLL 5 pts
- DOLS 5 pts
- DOSA 5 pts
- IDOL 5 pts
- LADS 5 pts
- LAID 5 pts
- LIDO 5 pts
- LIDS 5 pts
- LOAD 5 pts
- LOID 5 pts
- ODAS 5 pts
- OLDS 5 pts
- SADI 5 pts
- SAID 5 pts
- SILD 5 pts
- SLID 5 pts
- SODA 5 pts
- SOLD 5 pts
- AILS 4 pts
- ALLS 4 pts
- ALSO 4 pts
- ILLS 4 pts
- LIAS 4 pts
- LILO 4 pts
- OILS 4 pts
- OLLA 4 pts
- SAIL 4 pts
- SALL 4 pts
- SIAL 4 pts
- SILL 4 pts
- SILO 4 pts
- SOIL 4 pts
- SOLA 4 pts
- SOLI 4 pts
3-letter words
34 words- DAY 7 pts
- YOD 7 pts
- AYS 6 pts
- LAY 6 pts
- SAY 6 pts
- SLY 6 pts
- SOY 6 pts
- YAS 6 pts
- ADO 4 pts
- ADS 4 pts
- AID 4 pts
- DAL 4 pts
- DAS 4 pts
- DIS 4 pts
- DOL 4 pts
- DOS 4 pts
- IDS 4 pts
- LAD 4 pts
- LID 4 pts
- ODA 4 pts
- ODS 4 pts
- OLD 4 pts
- SAD 4 pts
- SOD 4 pts
- AIL 3 pts
- AIS 3 pts
- ALL 3 pts
- ALS 3 pts
- ILL 3 pts
- LAS 3 pts
- LIS 3 pts
- OIL 3 pts
- SAL 3 pts
- SOL 3 pts
2-letter words
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