adulterous
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7.4
- adjective
- /əˈdʌltərəs/
- NSFW
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adúltero
- The need for love can cause a lonely married person to seek adulterous relationships.
- an adulterous affair
- an adulterous relationship
- an adulterous wife
I said listen, bro, I said this chick is a thieving adulterous who's cleaned bankruptcy multiple times.
- I said listen, bro, I said this chick is a thieving adulterous who's cleaned bankruptcy multiple times.
- Millions of years there were payouts by forming A partnership with one individual and being adulterous on the side.
Examples
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They're going to suffer for their adulterous ways.
Academic text (2011) -
And it turns out it was a book about an adulterous affair.
Academic text (2015) -
But they are an adulterous people.
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In a few adulterous minutes, though, a married man may increase his total number of children.
Academic text (1994) -
A particularly sticky question arose about whether a prior adulterous affair was an impediment to marriage.
Academic text (2008) -
Ike was known for an adulterous affair with his female driver throughout much of WWII.
Blog text (10) -
Jesus helped the sick, fed the hungry, forgave the adulterous woman (where was the man?).
Blog text (7) -
Pious rubbish. Eisenhower had an adulterous affair with his female driver for most of WWII.
Blog text (17) -
Latour, in testifying as to what was heard by Colonel Paradine, are you implying that you engaged in an adulterous relationship with Mrs. Paradine?
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She ended her adulterous relationship with her coworker to focus on her marriage.
Synonyms
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4.0
Having sex with someone who is not your partner
30
6.5
A sexual relationship a married person has with someone who is not their husband or wife
16
8.0
Having a secret romantic or sexual relationship with someone else while you have a partner
Not faithful to a partner by having a romantic or sexual relationship with someone else
Antonyms
How Faithful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Adulterous comes from Latin parts ad- 'to' and alter 'other'. So it points to being with 'the other' person instead of your partner, which is why adulterous describes a sexual relationship outside a marriage.