English words for 'Pertaining to adultery.'
Closest matches for "Pertaining to adultery." are ranked by semantic fit across dictionary definitions.
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adj
noun
verb
- (intransitive) To commit adultery.
- (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
- (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
- (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
- (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
- go via an indirect route or at no set pace
noun
noun
noun
- a man whose wife committed adultery
- A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
- A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
- Synonym of fringed filefish.
- A man who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
- The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
verb
adj
noun
verb
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- morally rigorous and strict
- used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
- causing dejection
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- (UK politics) Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party.
- (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
- (informal) Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.
- (US politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party.
- (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
- (particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.
- (astronomy) Of, dominated by, or shifted toward the higher-frequency, or "bluer", end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Of a blue hue.
- (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
- Having a bluish or purplish shade to the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep-red red blood cells; cyanotic.
- (of a flame) Pale, without redness or glare.
- (Australian politics) Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
noun
- used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- the sky as viewed during daylight
- the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
- any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
- blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
- blue clothing
- Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
- The ocean; deep waters.
- A blue dye or pigment.
- A bluefish.
- A blue cheese.
- Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue.
- The far distance; a remote or distant place.
- Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.
- (particle physics) One of the three colour charges for quarks.
- A member of a sports team that wears blue colours; (in the plural) a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues.
- A person who has received such sporting colours.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours.
- A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
- (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
- (baseball, slang) An umpire, in reference to the typical dark-blue colour of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call.
- (slang) A member of law enforcement.
- The sky, literally or figuratively.
- (British) A type of firecracker.
- (entomology) Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
- (now historical) A bluestocking.
- A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
- (slang, uncountable) Risqué or pornographic material.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
- (uncountable) Blue clothing.
- (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
- (Australia, colloquial) An argument or brawl.
verb
- turn blue
- (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
- (ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To fight, brawl, or argue.
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- willing to face danger
- (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
- Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.
- Plucky, spirited or gritty.
- Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive.
- (gaming) Involving in-game actions or behaviour that break immersion or contradict common sense in favour of exploiting game mechanics.
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- marked by richness and fullness of flavor
- full of zest or vigor
- designed or suitable for competing in a race
- Mildly risqué.
- Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.
- (programming) Involving a data race or a race condition.
- (figurative, by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
- Of a food, flavor, or odor, tangy, zesty, or pungent.
- (Internet slang) Risky; mildly aggressive or dangerous.
- Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
- (Internet slang) Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.
- (informal, idiomatic) Scandalous.
- Of a flavor, provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of capsaicin or a similar chemical.
- Of an expression or behavior, vigorous; colorful; stimulating.
noun
phrase
adj
adj
adj
noun
- The act of cheating a person.
- Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
- A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music.
- (derogatory, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
- (music) A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.
- a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees
- any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
adj
verb
noun
- extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
- (political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
- (ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
- (strictly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry
- (biblical, loosely) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the sixth/seventh commandment; sinful sexual behavior as a category.
- (biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
noun
- extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
- (religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.
- voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other
- (colloquial) Sexual intercourse in general; sex.
noun
- (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
- Communication between two parties or groups.
- A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
- A tryst; a romantic meeting.
- (cooking) A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
- Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.
- (phonology) The pronunciation of a normally silent final consonant when the next word begins with a vowel.
- (phonology) Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.
- Cooperation, working together.
- a channel for communication between groups
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
verb
noun
- The act of running away secretly for the purpose of getting married.
- The act of running away from home (for any reason).
- (pathology) The act of a person with dementia or other mental illness wandering away from the area where they are safe.
- The act of running away from home with a paramour.
- the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)
noun
- morality with respect to sexual relations
- the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- a particular moral excellence
- any admirable quality or attribute
- (conceptually): (uncountable) The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known as "the virtues", the enumeration of which vary by the many virtue systems which have developed within different cultures, religions, and historical periods.
- (uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
- An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
- (Christianity) A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and archangels, and below seraphim and cherubim.
- (countable) An attribute of a personality (a "personality trait") which predisposes a person to behaviors resulting in human goodness; an admirable quality.
- The inherent power or efficacy of something (now only in phrases).
- Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.
- (uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
- A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person.
noun
- (law) Sexual relations within marriage.
- (grammar, sometimes proscribed) The inflection of nouns or other words besides verbs; a declension.
- (mathematics) A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; a complex conjugation.
- (grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.
- (mathematics) A mapping sending x to gxg⁻¹, where g and x are elements of a group; an inner automorphism.
- (grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs categorized into distinct classes based on the specific inflectional patterns they exhibit.
- (grammar) The act or process of conjugating a verb.
- The coming together of things; a union.
- (chemistry) A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds.
- (biology) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction.
- the state of being joined together
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
- the act of making or becoming a single unit
- the complete set of inflected forms of a verb
- the inflection of verbs
noun
adj
noun
noun
- a man whose wife committed adultery
- A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.
- A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
- Synonym of fringed filefish.
- A man who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
- The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
verb
noun
phrase
noun
- The act of cheating a person.
- Anything that is particularly foul, unhygienic or unpleasant.
- A dance performed to ska, dub, or reggae music.
- (derogatory, slang) A lewd and disreputable person, often female, especially an unattractive person with an air of tawdry promiscuity.
- (music) A style of rhythmic guitar strumming in ska, reggae, and punk.
- a rhythmic dance to reggae music performed by bending forward and extending the hands while bending the knees
- any substance considered disgustingly foul or unpleasant
adj
verb
noun
- extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
- (political economy) Adulteration; corruption.
- (ecclesiastical) The intrusion of a person into a bishopric during the life of the bishop.
- (strictly) Sexual intercourse by a married person with someone other than their spouse. See more synonyms at Thesaurus:cuckoldry
- (biblical, loosely) Lewdness or unchastity of thought as well as act, as forbidden by the sixth/seventh commandment; sinful sexual behavior as a category.
- (biblical) Faithlessness in religion.
noun
- extramarital sex that willfully and maliciously interferes with marriage relations
- (religion, law) Sexual intercourse by people who are not married to each other, or which is considered illicit in another way.
- voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other
- (colloquial) Sexual intercourse in general; sex.
adj
noun
noun
- (figuratively) An illicit sexual relationship or affair.
- Communication between two parties or groups.
- A relayer of information between two forces in an army or during war.
- A tryst; a romantic meeting.
- (cooking) A thickening for sauces, typically based on egg yolks.
- Any person who relays information between two groups or organizations.
- (phonology) The pronunciation of a normally silent final consonant when the next word begins with a vowel.
- (phonology) Fusion of two consecutive words and the manner in which this occurs.
- Cooperation, working together.
- a channel for communication between groups
- a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship
verb
noun
- The act of running away secretly for the purpose of getting married.
- The act of running away from home (for any reason).
- (pathology) The act of a person with dementia or other mental illness wandering away from the area where they are safe.
- The act of running away from home with a paramour.
- the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)
noun
- morality with respect to sexual relations
- the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong
- a particular moral excellence
- any admirable quality or attribute
- (conceptually): (uncountable) The idea of all that is good or excellent (in every sense of those terms) in a human being, collectively instantiated by a varying number of human traits known as "the virtues", the enumeration of which vary by the many virtue systems which have developed within different cultures, religions, and historical periods.
- (uncountable) Accordance with moral principles; conformity of behaviour or thought with the strictures of morality; good moral conduct.
- An inherently advantageous or excellent quality of something or someone; a favourable point, an advantage.
- (Christianity) A creature embodying divine power, specifically one of the orders of heavenly beings, traditionally ranked above angels and archangels, and below seraphim and cherubim.
- (countable) An attribute of a personality (a "personality trait") which predisposes a person to behaviors resulting in human goodness; an admirable quality.
- The inherent power or efficacy of something (now only in phrases).
- Specifically, each of several qualities held to be particularly important, including the four cardinal virtues, the three theological virtues, or the seven virtues opposed to the seven deadly sins.
- (uncountable) Specifically, moral conduct in sexual behaviour, especially of women; chastity.
- A particular manifestation of moral excellence in a person.
noun
- (law) Sexual relations within marriage.
- (grammar, sometimes proscribed) The inflection of nouns or other words besides verbs; a declension.
- (mathematics) A function which negates the non-real part of a complex or hypercomplex number; a complex conjugation.
- (grammar) The product of that act: the conjugated forms of a verb, collected into a list or recitation.
- (mathematics) A mapping sending x to gxg⁻¹, where g and x are elements of a group; an inner automorphism.
- (grammar) In some languages, one of several classifications of verbs categorized into distinct classes based on the specific inflectional patterns they exhibit.
- (grammar) The act or process of conjugating a verb.
- The coming together of things; a union.
- (chemistry) A system of delocalized orbitals consisting of alternating single bonds and double bonds.
- (biology) The temporary fusion of organisms, especially as part of sexual reproduction.
- the state of being joined together
- the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes
- a class of verbs having the same inflectional forms
- the act of making or becoming a single unit
- the complete set of inflected forms of a verb
- the inflection of verbs
noun
adj
verb
- (intransitive) To commit adultery.
- (intransitive) To stray; stray from one's course; err.
- (intransitive) To go somewhere indirectly or at varying speeds; to move in a curved path.
- (intransitive) To move without purpose or specified destination; often in search of livelihood.
- (intransitive) Of the mind, to lose focus or clarity of argument or attention.
- to move or cause to move in a sinuous, spiral, or circular course
- move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment
- be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage
- lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking
- go via an indirect route or at no set pace
noun
adj
noun
adj
noun
verb
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- filled with melancholy and despondency
- morally rigorous and strict
- used to signify the Union forces in the American Civil War (who wore blue uniforms)
- characterized by profanity or cursing
- of the color intermediate between green and violet; having a color similar to that of a clear unclouded sky
- causing dejection
- belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy
- (UK politics) Supportive of or related to the Conservative Party.
- (informal) Depressed, melancholic, sad.
- (informal) Risqué; obscene; profane; pornographic.
- (US politics) Supportive of, run by (a member of), pertaining to, or dominated by the Democratic Party.
- (of a dog or cat) Having a coat of fur of a slaty gray shade.
- (particle physics) Having a colour charge of blue.
- (astronomy) Of, dominated by, or shifted toward the higher-frequency, or "bluer", end of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- Of a blue hue.
- (of steak) Extra rare; left very raw and cold.
- Having a bluish or purplish shade to the skin due to a lack of oxygen to the normally deep-red red blood cells; cyanotic.
- (of a flame) Pale, without redness or glare.
- (Australian politics) Supportive of or related to the Liberal Party.
noun
- used to whiten laundry or hair or give it a bluish tinge
- the sky as viewed during daylight
- the sodium salt of amobarbital that is used as a barbiturate; used as a sedative and a hypnotic
- any organization or party whose uniforms or badges are blue
- any of numerous small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae
- blue color or pigment; resembling the color of the clear sky in the daytime
- blue clothing
- Any of several processes to protect metal against rust.
- The ocean; deep waters.
- A blue dye or pigment.
- A bluefish.
- A blue cheese.
- Sporting colours awarded by a university or other institution for sporting achievement, such as representing one's university, especially and originally at Oxford and Cambridge Universities in England. See also full blue, half blue.
- The far distance; a remote or distant place.
- Anything coloured blue, especially to distinguish it from similar objects differing only in colour.
- (particle physics) One of the three colour charges for quarks.
- A member of a sports team that wears blue colours; (in the plural) a nickname for the team as a whole. See also blues.
- A person who has received such sporting colours.
- (countable and uncountable) The colour of the clear sky or the deep sea; the colour midway between green and violet in the visible spectrum and one of the primary additive colours.
- A liquid with an intense blue colour, added to a laundry wash to prevent yellowing of white clothes.
- (UK politics) A member or supporter of the Conservative Party.
- (baseball, slang) An umpire, in reference to the typical dark-blue colour of the umpire's uniform. Sometimes perceived by umpires as derogatory when used by players or coaches while disputing a call.
- (slang) A member of law enforcement.
- The sky, literally or figuratively.
- (British) A type of firecracker.
- (entomology) Any of the butterflies of the subfamily Polyommatinae in the family Lycaenidae, most of which have blue on their wings.
- (now historical) A bluestocking.
- A dog or cat with a slaty gray coat.
- (slang, uncountable) Risqué or pornographic material.
- (snooker) One of the colour balls used in snooker, with a value of five points.
- (uncountable) Blue clothing.
- (in the plural) A blue uniform. See blues.
- (Australia, colloquial) An argument or brawl.
verb
- turn blue
- (transitive, laundry) To brighten by treating with blue (laundry aid).
- (ergative) To make or become blue; to turn blue.
- (transitive, metallurgy) To treat the surface of steel so that it is passivated chemically and becomes more resistant to rust.
- (intransitive, Australia, slang) To fight, brawl, or argue.
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- willing to face danger
- (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
- Having the smell, taste and texture of game meat.
- Plucky, spirited or gritty.
- Risque, sordid or sexually suggestive.
- (gaming) Involving in-game actions or behaviour that break immersion or contradict common sense in favour of exploiting game mechanics.
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- marked by richness and fullness of flavor
- full of zest or vigor
- designed or suitable for competing in a race
- Mildly risqué.
- Having a strong flavor indicating origin; of distinct characteristic taste; tasting of the soil.
- (programming) Involving a data race or a race condition.
- (figurative, by extension) Exciting to the mind by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.
adj
- suggestive of sexual impropriety
- producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves
- Of a food, flavor, or odor, tangy, zesty, or pungent.
- (Internet slang) Risky; mildly aggressive or dangerous.
- Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.
- (Internet slang) Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.
- (informal, idiomatic) Scandalous.
- Of a flavor, provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of capsaicin or a similar chemical.
- Of an expression or behavior, vigorous; colorful; stimulating.