adulterous

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a·dul·ter·ous

(ə-dŭl′tər-əs, -trəs)

adj.

Relating to, inclined to, or marked by adultery.

a·dul′ter·ous·ly adv.

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adulterous

(əˈdʌltərəs)

adj

an obsolete word for adulterate²

adulterous

(əˈdʌltərəs)

adj

of, characterized by, or inclined to adultery

aˈdulterously adv

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a•dul•ter•ous

(əˈdʌl tər əs)

adj.

characterized by, involved in, or given to adultery; illicit.

[1400–50]

a•dul′ter•ous•ly, adv.

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Adj.	1.	adulterous - characterized by adultery; "an adulterous relationship"; "extramarital affairs"; "the extracurricular activities of a philandering husband" extramarital, extracurricular illicit - contrary to accepted morality (especially sexual morality) or convention; "an illicit association with his secretary"
	2.	adulterous - not faithful to a spouse or lover; "adulterous husbands and wives"; "a two-timing boyfriend" cheating, two-timing unfaithful - having sexual relations with someone other than your husband or wife, or your boyfriend or girlfriend; "her husband was unfaithful"

adulterous

adjective unfaithful, cheating (informal), extramarital, fornicating, unchaste She had an adulterous affair with a politician.

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Translations

nevěrný

adultère

adulterous

[əˈdʌltərəs] ADJ → adúltero

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

adulterous

[əˈdʌltərəs] adj [affair, relationship] → adultère

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

adulterous

adj → ehebrecherisch

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

adulterous

[əˈdʌlt/ərəs] adj (relationship) → adulterino/a; (person) → adultero/a

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Depraved as a girl, adulterous as a wife, an unnatural sister, homicide, poisoner, execrated by all who knew her, by every nation that had been visited by her, she died accursed by Heaven and earth."

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Let Death go to houses Where there are vile, adulterous things, chaste wives Who growing weary of their noble lords Draw back the curtains of their marriage beds, And in polluted and dishonoured sheets Feed some unlawful lust.

As for the State, I think our state of Florence Needs no adulterous pilot at its helm.

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This son of a Scotch tyrant--this grandson of a Papistical and adulterous Scotch woman, whose death proved that a golden crown doth not always save an anointed head from the block--"

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By thee adulterous lust was driv'n from men Among the bestial herds to raunge, by thee Founded in Reason, Loyal, Just, and Pure, Relations dear, and all the Charities Of Father, Son, and Brother first were known.

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There's cantankerous bully Maurice and his put-upon wife Rita, an adulterous vicar and his alcoholic wife, lusty divorcee Avril, and widower Dennis who has come away with his wife (in an urn).

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They play an adulterous couple whose one-off fling turns into a nightmare when, during their time together, he's beaten up and she's raped.