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to cuckold

4 9.9
To cheat on your husband
  • verb
  • /ˈkʌkəld/
  • NSFW
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  • He was heartbroken when he found out that she had cuckolded him with his best friend.
  • cuckolded husband

Examples

  • If not, if she cuckolded me, an old-fashioned word that seems so appropriate here, then she is making me into a laughingstock.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • David Lindhagen cuckolded me.

  • - But you wanna cuckold him yourself.

  • Finally, a man whom she could herself brazenly cuckold until such time as she might choose to...

  • Gonzalo: Why didn't you tell me you were cuckolding me?

    Fiction book (1993)
  • And Amedee Douarnez pronounced that to be cuckolded by an Avignonnaise was "in the nature of things."

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Indeed, Okonkwo wonders "how he could have begotten a woman for a son" and whether he has been cuckolded (143).

    Academic text (1999)
  • In ancient stories, many heroes faced the shame of being cuckolded by their wives.

  • The play depicted a man who felt humiliated after discovering he had been cuckolded unfairly.

Synonyms

to cheat on
vsto cuckold
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323 3.3

To have sex with someone who is not your partner

is archaic and focuses on unfaithfulness to a husband specifically
to cheat
vsto cuckold
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265 4.0

To have sex with someone who is not your partner

is archaic and refers specifically to unfaithfulness toward a husband
to betray
vsto cuckold
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76 4.6

Have sex with someone who is not your partner

is archaic and focuses on unfaithfulness that targets a husband

Surface Forms

cuckold infinitive
cuckolding present participle
cuckolds third person singular
cuckolded past
cuckolded past participle

Etymology

Cuckold as a verb comes from the bird cuckoo, which 'lays eggs in other nests', and it once meant to make a man a 'cuckold' by being unfaithful.