homewrecker
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- noun
- /ˈhoʊmˌrɛkər/
- Offensive
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- She was labeled a homewrecker after her affair with a married man became public.
Examples
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Eleanor Markham was appalled and would forever view Michael as a social misfit and homewrecker.
Fiction book (1993) -
She's a homewrecker.
Blog text (7) -
And hello to you, you little homewrecker.
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- Do I look like a homewrecker?
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Why is Alexander not called a homewrecker?
Blog text (6) -
- I told you, I'm not a homewrecker.
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I was a homewrecker, wasn't I?
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Candace: Jem is a homewrecker.
Blog text (25) -
She's proved herself to be a cruel, heartless homewrecker.
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And Oprah's jaw dropped into speechlessness when Rielle Hunter looked her straight in the eye and answered, "Oh no, I'm not a homewrecker."
Blog text (34)
Synonyms
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A person who has a romantic relationship with someone married or in a relationship, causing it to end
A person named in a divorce case for having an affair with the other partner
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word homewrecker comes from the parts home ('house' or 'family') and wreck ('to destroy'). So a homewrecker is someone who 'destroys' a home, and that is why the word is used for a person blamed for breaking up a marriage or relationship.