adulterous Definition
adul·ter·ous (ə dul′tər əs)
adjective
relating to, characterized by, or guilty of, adultery
adulterous Related Forms
adul′·ter·ously adverb
adulterous Synonyms
adulterous
modif.
adulterous Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- affair: For good measure he also declared his late brother a bastard, the product of an adulterous affair of his mothers.
- wife: The woman he married, Gomer, was, however, " an adulterous wife " .
- liaison: Would they have done so if she had indeed been the partner in an adulterous liaison with the man they both venerated?
- generation: In Matthew 12 and Matthew 16 the Lord speaks of ' an evil and an adulterous generation ' .
- husband: Kelly is the jail's most famous inmate and awaits trail for the murder of her adulterous husband and sister.
- relationship: I have often wondered why, then, he accepted Jane's adulterous relationship with Rossetti.
Modifying Another Word
spiritually: This is a people who are being both literally and spiritually adulterous.
Browse dictionary entries near adulterous
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- ‹ adulterer
- ‹ adulteration
- ‹ adulterated
- ‹ adulterate
- ‹ adulterant
- ‹ adult
- ‹ adulation
- ‹ adulate
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