adulterous
adjective
adul·ter·ous
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Definition of adulterous
: relating to, characterized by, or given to adultery
an adulterous affair an adulterous wife
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Synonyms for adulterous
Synonyms
adulterate, adulterine, extracurricular, extramarital, two-timing
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Examples of adulterous in a Sentence
had an adulterous affair that nearly destroyed his marriage
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In the upcoming episode, Simone turns to her best friend Naomi’s (Katie Finneran) son, Tommy, for comfort after finding out her husband Karl (Jack Davenport) has let his adulterous ways leak publicly. — Rachel Yang, EW.com, "Watch Lucy Liu get flirty and make out in a 'mobile sex den' in exclusive Why Women Kill clip," 21 Aug. 2019 Lock’s poems capture the psychological condition of King David in Psalm 51: an adulterous sinner who is expelled from God’s favor and cries out for mercy, desperate to return to a state of grace. — Jamie Quatro, The New Yorker, "The Hidden Life of a Forgotten Sixteenth-Century Female Poet," 5 Aug. 2019 The dance itself, though, tended toward the serious, with gracefully fraught solos, a traditionally apprehensive pas de deux for the adulterous Paolo and Francesca, and all kinds of creatures in various states of fanciful torment. — Mark Swed, latimes.com, "Review: Thomas Adès’ spectacular ‘Inferno’ gets the Wayne McGregor and Tacita Dean touch," 14 July 2019 In fact, he had been investigated by his command for having … an adulterous affair. — Asena Basak, CBS News, "Convicted killer of pregnant Florida mother: "I did not kill Samira Watkins"," 3 July 2019 Most scholars agree that the modern novel starts with a tale of adulterous temptation: Madame de La Fayette’s The Princess of Clèves (1678). — Daniel Mendelsohn, Town & Country, "How Infidelity Helped Create the Novel," 2 May 2019 Just about every Kennedy delighted in adulterous hookups while in office, and girls on the side have followed President Clinton from Little Rock to this day, tarnishing his reputation but not his legacy. — Marcia Desanctis, Town & Country, "Mark Sanford, Act II," 14 Feb. 2013 The fact that adulterous Stan can sleep better in his suburban home is an afterthought. — refinery29.com, "What Makes Pose's Biggest Relationship Special Isn't What You Think," 11 June 2018 Shoba Narayan enacts Hamilton's loving wife for whom his adulterous fling burns deeply but who vows to tell his story. — Tom Titus, latimes.com, "On Theater: ‘Hamilton’ throbs with historical passion," 10 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'adulterous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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adulterous
adjective
adul·ter·ous
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Legal Definition of adulterous
: relating to, characterized by, or given to adultery
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