Adulterer
noun
A person who is married and has sexual relations with someone other than their spouse.
He was publicly accused of being an adulterer.
noun
In religious context, a person who breaks a moral commandment by being unfaithful to their spouse.
The Ten Commandments in the Bible mention 'You shall not commit adultery', indicating an adulterer is committing a sin.
Often appears as...
- commit adultery
- adulterer and adulteress
Usage tips
Disapproving
Biblical
noun
A person who is married and has sexual relations with someone other than their spouse.
He was publicly accused of being an adulterer.
noun
In religious context, a person who breaks a moral commandment by being unfaithful to their spouse.
The Ten Commandments in the Bible mention 'You shall not commit adultery', indicating an adulterer is committing a sin.
Often appears as...
- commit adultery
- adulterer and adulteress
Usage tips
Disapproving
Biblical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Marital Status
The term 'adulterer' always implies that the person is married or in a formal partnership.
The unmarried man was not an adulterer, even though he dated a married woman.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Adulterer' carries a strong negative judgment and can be considered offensive.
Calling someone an adulterer can tarnish their reputation severely.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Views on adultery vary by culture; some may find the term 'adulterer' more stigmatizing than others.
In some societies, being labeled an adulterer can lead to social ostracism.
Pro Tip 1/3Marital Status
The term 'adulterer' always implies that the person is married or in a formal partnership.
The unmarried man was not an adulterer, even though he dated a married woman.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Adulterer' carries a strong negative judgment and can be considered offensive.
Calling someone an adulterer can tarnish their reputation severely.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Views on adultery vary by culture; some may find the term 'adulterer' more stigmatizing than others.
In some societies, being labeled an adulterer can lead to social ostracism.
Pro Tip 1/3Marital Status
The term 'adulterer' always implies that the person is married or in a formal partnership.
The unmarried man was not an adulterer, even though he dated a married woman.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
'Adulterer' carries a strong negative judgment and can be considered offensive.
Calling someone an adulterer can tarnish their reputation severely.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Sensitivity
Views on adultery vary by culture; some may find the term 'adulterer' more stigmatizing than others.
In some societies, being labeled an adulterer can lead to social ostracism.
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communities at long lean hungry ribbon and we go and visit to me look at their lives and the way they're living and what this is to me says well you know my life before the marae me Game Reserve and Yakov an adulterer was very similar to this we were hunting farming fishing we had similar homes my dad at sandals like that we made fishing traps is very
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My year of living...
So, I was able to stone one adulterer. It happened -- I was in the park, and I was dressed in my biblical clothing, so sandals and sort of a white robe, you know, because again, the outer affects the inner. I wanted to see how dressing biblically affected my mind.
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Tracking Plastic Sea to...
communities at long lean hungry ribbon and we go and visit to me look at their lives and the way they're living and what this is to me says well you know my life before the marae me Game Reserve and Yakov an adulterer was very similar to this we were hunting farming fishing we had similar homes my dad at sandals like that we made fishing traps is very
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My year of living...
So, I was able to stone one adulterer. It happened -- I was in the park, and I was dressed in my biblical clothing, so sandals and sort of a white robe, you know, because again, the outer affects the inner. I wanted to see how dressing biblically affected my mind.
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Quote examples
Ingrid Seward
Writer
My husband was a serial adulterer, and there was nothing I could do about it: no questions I could ask him, no argument I could have with him, no explanation he could give me or pleas he could make for forgiveness.
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Phyllis Schlafly
American Activist
Any judge who allows an adulterer with a live-in girlfriend to terminate the life of his wife should be impeached.
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Paula White
American Public Servant
I have been called a heretic, an apostate, an adulterer, a charlatan and an addict.
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Michael Strahan
American Athlete
I'm not an adulterer. I'm not gay.
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Ingrid Seward
Writer
My husband was a serial adulterer, and there was nothing I could do about it: no questions I could ask him, no argument I could have with him, no explanation he could give me or pleas he could make for forgiveness.
Quote examples
Phyllis Schlafly
American Activist
Any judge who allows an adulterer with a live-in girlfriend to terminate the life of his wife should be impeached.
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Paula White
American Public Servant
I have been called a heretic, an apostate, an adulterer, a charlatan and an addict.
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Michael Strahan
American Athlete
I'm not an adulterer. I'm not gay.
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