English words for 'The state or quality of being disloyal.'
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adj
adj
- Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
- (music) Out of tune.
- (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
- Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
- Based on factually incorrect premises.
- Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
- Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
- Spurious, artificial.
- Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
- Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
- not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
- designed to deceive
- erroneous and usually accidental
- deliberately deceptive
- (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
- inaccurate in pitch
- inappropriate to reality or facts
- arising from error
- adopted in order to deceive
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
adv
noun
verb
noun
adj
verb
adj
- Not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful.
- Negligent or imperfect.
- (translation studies) Not faithfully rendering the meaning of the source language; incorrect.
- Not having religious faith.
- Adulterous.
- Not honest or upright.
- having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend
- not true to duty or obligation or promises
- not trustworthy
- having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor
noun
- (vulgar, figuratively, often derogatory) A disloyal individual; someone who does not commit to a particular thing.
- (vulgar, often derogatory) A sexually promiscuous woman.
- (vulgar, by extension) A prostitute.
- (vulgar, often derogatory) Any sexually promiscuous person.
- (figurative, vulgar, often derogatory) Someone who seeks attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.
- a woman adulterer
- A sexually loose woman
- a dirty untidy woman
verb
noun
- a disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- (Roman Catholicism) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
- (countable, religion) A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
- (by extension) One who has renounced a political party, a cause, etc.
adj
noun
- a disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
- Under the United States Code of Military Justice, a person who has been placed on AWOL status for more than 30 days
- (military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
- One who is familiar with the desert climate and environment.
noun
- a disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats
- A pirate miner, a miner who digs out ore or paydirt clandestinely and runs
- A rat terrier.
- A rat dog.
- One who rats; a traitor; a deserter.
- Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them.
noun
adj
noun
verb
noun
- a state of dishonor
- a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
- an unfortunate development
- The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
- That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
- Something to regret.
- The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency.
- An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
- Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
verb
- cause to be ashamed
- surpass or beat by a wide margin
- bring shame or dishonor upon
- compel through a sense of shame
- (transitive) To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
- (transitive) To drive or compel by shame.
- (transitive) To cause to feel shame.
- (transitive) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
adj
intj
verb
- (intransitive) To betray a political party, cause or principle; to betray someone, to desert a person or thing.
- (of a dog, etc.) To hunt or kill rats.
- (informal, intransitive) To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
- (regional) To scratch or score.
- (chiefly US) To backcomb (hair).
- Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.
- (intransitive, with on or out) To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities.
- give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
- give away information about somebody
- take the place of work of someone on strike
- employ scabs or strike breakers in
- desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
- catch rats, especially with dogs
noun
- Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
- A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
- (military, slang) A ration.
- (UK, north-west London, slang, vulgar) Vagina, vulva.
- (nautical, regional) A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.
- (zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
- (informal) A person who is known for betrayal.
- (informal) An informant or snitch.
- (informal) A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.
- (slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
- (chiefly informal) Ellipsis of muskrat.
- (regional) A scratch or a score.
- A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.
- one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority
- a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
- someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
verb
- To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
- To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
- (sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring.
- (transitive) To assert that something is not true.
- (transitive) To disallow or reject.
- (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
- deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- refuse to recognize or acknowledge
- deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
- declare untrue; contradict
- refuse to accept or believe
- refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
- refuse to let have
verb
- (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
- (military) To join the enemy army.
- (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
noun
- The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- A fault or malfunction.
- (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
- a failing or deficiency
- a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
- an imperfection in a bodily system
- an imperfection in an object or machine
noun
- destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
- lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
- decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)
- in a state of progressive putrefaction
- The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
- The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.
- (computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
- The product of corruption; putrid matter.
- (metalanguage) A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing. (See a usage note about this sense.)
- The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.
- The decomposition of biological matter.
- Something originally good or pure that has turned evil or impure; a perversion.
- Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.
noun
- destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
- the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
- A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within; undermining.
- The act of overthrowing a government or a ruler; dethronement.
- The condition of being subverted.
- A revision considered more similar to preceding subversions than a revision deemed a new "version" is to preceding versions.
noun
adj
verb
noun
- (vulgar, figuratively, often derogatory) A disloyal individual; someone who does not commit to a particular thing.
- (vulgar, often derogatory) A sexually promiscuous woman.
- (vulgar, by extension) A prostitute.
- (vulgar, often derogatory) Any sexually promiscuous person.
- (figurative, vulgar, often derogatory) Someone who seeks attention through inappropriate means or to an excessive degree.
- a woman adulterer
- A sexually loose woman
- a dirty untidy woman
verb
noun
- a disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- (Roman Catholicism) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
- (countable, religion) A person who has renounced a religion or faith.
- (by extension) One who has renounced a political party, a cause, etc.
adj
noun
- a disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
- Under the United States Code of Military Justice, a person who has been placed on AWOL status for more than 30 days
- (military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving
- One who is familiar with the desert climate and environment.
noun
- a disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
- any of several breeds of terrier developed to catch rats
- A pirate miner, a miner who digs out ore or paydirt clandestinely and runs
- A rat terrier.
- A rat dog.
- One who rats; a traitor; a deserter.
- Anything which catches rats, especially a dog trained to catch them.
noun
adj
noun
verb
noun
- a state of dishonor
- a painful emotion resulting from an awareness of inadequacy or guilt
- an unfortunate development
- The cause or reason of shame; that which brings reproach and ignominy.
- That which is shameful and private, especially private parts.
- Something to regret.
- The capacity to be ashamed, inhibiting one from brazen behaviour; due regard for one's own moral conduct and how one is perceived by others; restraint, moderation, decency.
- An uncomfortable or painful feeling due to recognition or consciousness of one's own impropriety or dishonor, or something being exposed that should have been kept private.
- Reproach incurred or suffered; dishonour; ignominy; derision.
verb
- cause to be ashamed
- surpass or beat by a wide margin
- bring shame or dishonor upon
- compel through a sense of shame
- (transitive) To denounce as having done something shameful; to criticize with the intent or effect of causing a feeling of shame.
- (transitive) To drive or compel by shame.
- (transitive) To cause to feel shame.
- (transitive) To cover with reproach or ignominy; to dishonor; to disgrace.
adj
intj
noun
- destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
- lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain
- decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)
- moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles
- inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)
- in a state of progressive putrefaction
- The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.
- The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity.
- (computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.
- The product of corruption; putrid matter.
- (metalanguage) A nonstandard form of a word, expression, or text, especially when resulting from misunderstanding, transcription error, or mishearing. (See a usage note about this sense.)
- The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct.
- The decomposition of biological matter.
- Something originally good or pure that has turned evil or impure; a perversion.
- Unethical administrative or executive practices (in government or business), including bribery (offering or receiving bribes), conflicts of interest, nepotism, embezzlement, and so on.
noun
- destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity
- the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government
- A systematic attempt to overthrow a government by working from within; undermining.
- The act of overthrowing a government or a ruler; dethronement.
- The condition of being subverted.
- A revision considered more similar to preceding subversions than a revision deemed a new "version" is to preceding versions.
verb
- (intransitive) To betray a political party, cause or principle; to betray someone, to desert a person or thing.
- (of a dog, etc.) To hunt or kill rats.
- (informal, intransitive) To work as a scab, going against trade union policies.
- (regional) To scratch or score.
- (chiefly US) To backcomb (hair).
- Damn, drat, blast; used in oaths.
- (intransitive, with on or out) To inform on someone; to betray someone to the police or authorities.
- give (hair) the appearance of being fuller by using a rat
- give away information about somebody
- take the place of work of someone on strike
- employ scabs or strike breakers in
- desert one's party or group of friends, for example, for one's personal advantage
- catch rats, especially with dogs
noun
- Any of the numerous members of several rodent families that usually have short limbs, a pointy snout, a long, hairless tail, and a body length greater than about 12 cm, or 5 inches.
- A wad of shed hair used as part of a hairstyle.
- (military, slang) A ration.
- (UK, north-west London, slang, vulgar) Vagina, vulva.
- (nautical, regional) A place in the sea with rapid currents and crags where a ship is likely to be torn apart in stormy weather.
- (zoology) A medium-sized rodent belonging to the genus Rattus.
- (informal) A person who is known for betrayal.
- (informal) An informant or snitch.
- (informal) A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies.
- (slang) A person who routinely spends time at a particular location.
- (chiefly informal) Ellipsis of muskrat.
- (regional) A scratch or a score.
- A roll of material used to puff out the hair, which is turned over it.
- one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority
- a pad (usually made of hair) worn as part of a woman's coiffure
- someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike
- any of various long-tailed rodents similar to but larger than a mouse
- a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
verb
- To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
- To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
- (sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring.
- (transitive) To assert that something is not true.
- (transitive) To disallow or reject.
- (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
- deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- refuse to recognize or acknowledge
- deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
- declare untrue; contradict
- refuse to accept or believe
- refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
- refuse to let have
verb
- (intransitive) To abandon or turn against; to cease or change one's loyalty, especially from a military organisation or political party.
- (law) To flee one's country and seek asylum.
- (military) To join the enemy army.
- (military) To desert one's army, to flee from combat.
- desert (a cause, a country or an army), often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army
noun
- The quantity or amount by which anything falls short.
- A fault or malfunction.
- (mathematics) A part by which a figure or quantity is wanting or deficient.
- a failing or deficiency
- a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body)
- an imperfection in a bodily system
- an imperfection in an object or machine
adj
- Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
- (music) Out of tune.
- (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
- Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
- Based on factually incorrect premises.
- Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
- Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
- Spurious, artificial.
- Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
- Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
- not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
- designed to deceive
- erroneous and usually accidental
- deliberately deceptive
- (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
- inaccurate in pitch
- inappropriate to reality or facts
- arising from error
- adopted in order to deceive
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
adv
noun
verb
adj
adj
- Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
- (music) Out of tune.
- (logic) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
- Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
- Based on factually incorrect premises.
- Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
- Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
- Spurious, artificial.
- Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
- Used in the vernacular name of a species (or group of species) together with the name of another species to which it is similar in appearance.
- not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality
- designed to deceive
- erroneous and usually accidental
- deliberately deceptive
- (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful
- inaccurate in pitch
- inappropriate to reality or facts
- arising from error
- adopted in order to deceive
- not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article
adv
noun
verb
adj
- Not keeping good faith; disloyal; not faithful.
- Negligent or imperfect.
- (translation studies) Not faithfully rendering the meaning of the source language; incorrect.
- Not having religious faith.
- Adulterous.
- Not honest or upright.
- having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend
- not true to duty or obligation or promises
- not trustworthy
- having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor