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adulterator |
adulterer |
adulteress |
adulterine |
adulterize |
adulterous
| adulterously
| adultery
| adulthood
| adultness
| adumbrant
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adulterous
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective adulterous has 2 senses
- adulterous(s = adj.all) extracurricular, extramarital - characterized by adultery; "an adulterous relationship"; "extramarital affairs"; "the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband" Derived form noun adultery1
- adulterous(s = adj.all) cheating, two-timing - not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend" Derived form noun adultery1
CIDE DICTIONARY
adulterous, a.
- Guilty of, or given to, adultery; pertaining to adultery; illicit. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Characterized by adulteration; spurious. Smollett. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
adulterous, adj. of or involved in adultery.
Derivative
adulterously adv.
Etymology
ME f. adulter: see ADULTERER
ROGET THESAURUS
adulterous
Impurity
N impurity, uncleanness, immodesty, grossness, indelicacy, indecency, impudicity, obscenity, ribaldry, Fescennine, smut, bawdry, double entente, equivoque, concupiscence, lust, carnality, flesh, salacity, pruriency, lechery, lasciviency, lubricity, Sadism, sapphism, incontinence, intrigue, faux pas, amour, amourette, gallantry, debauchery, libertinish, libertinage, fornication, liaison, wenching, venery, dissipation, seduction, defloration, defilement, abuse, violation, rape, incest, prostitution, social evil, harlotry, stupration, whoredom, concubinage, cuckoldom, adultery, advoutry, crim, con, free love, seraglio, harem, brothel, bagnio, stew, bawdyhouse, cat house, lupanar, house of ill fame, bordel, bordello, impure, unclean, not to be mentioned to ears polite, immodest, shameless, indecorous, indelicate, indecent, Fescennine, loose, risque, coarse, gross, broad, free, equivocal, smutty, fulsome, ribald, obscene, bawdy, pornographic, concupiscent, prurient, lickerish, rampant, lustful, carnal, carnal-minded, lewd, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, erotic, ruttish, salacious, Paphian, voluptuous, goatish, must, musty, unchaste, light, wanton, licentious, debauched, dissolute, of loose character, of easy virtue, frail, gay, riggish, incontinent, meretricious, rakish, gallant, dissipated, no better than she should be, on the town, on the streets, on the pave, on the loose, adulterous, incestuous, bestial.
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