adulteresses
Women betraying spouses
Adulteresses is the plural of adulteress, a woman who commits adultery—sexual intercourse with someone other than her spouse.
The word is old-fashioned, carrying the formal or biblical tone of its era: The adulteresses were shunned by the community.
Modern usage tends toward the gender-neutral "adulterer" for anyone who cheats.
Deceptive rule-breaking
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
- cuckoldryWife's unfaithfulness to husband
two-timing · straying · philandering · liaison · illicit · indiscretion · misconduct · paramour
Woman who entices
- seductressWoman who entices romantically
- homewreckerOne blamed for infidelity
- mistressIllicit female lover
- other womanIllicit romantic rival
femme fatale · siren · enchantress · Delilah · vixen · maneater · heartbreaker · scheming
Moral law violators
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- fornicationIntercourse between unmarried persons
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
- viceBad habit or deputy
wickedness · repentance · guilt · shame · condemnation · judgment · commandment · fallen
Disgraceful public affair
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- whispersSpeaks very quietly
shunning · divorce · exposed · notoriety · ruined · outcast · shamed · stigma
Removing fruit seeds
- BathshebaBiblical queen, Solomon's mother
- Mosaic lawHebrew scriptural commandments
- PhariseesSecond Temple legal interpreters
- accusersThose who blame others
casting stones · forgiveness · harlot · whore · wanton · Old Testament · Leviticus · Deuteronomy
cheating
Deceptive rule-breaking
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
cuckoldry · two-timing · straying · philandering · liaison · illicit · indiscretion · misconduct · paramour · lover
temptress
Woman who entices
- seductressWoman who entices romantically
- homewreckerOne blamed for infidelity
- mistressIllicit female lover
other woman · femme fatale · siren · enchantress · Delilah · vixen · maneater · heartbreaker · scheming · manipulative
sinners
Moral law violators
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- fornicationIntercourse between unmarried persons
- immoralityQuality of being wicked
vice · wickedness · repentance · guilt · shame · condemnation · judgment · commandment · fallen · scarlet letter
scandal
Disgraceful public affair
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- reputationCollective opinion of someone
- ostracismBanishment from a group
whispers · shunning · divorce · exposed · notoriety · ruined · outcast · shamed · stigma · secret affair
stoning
Removing fruit seeds
- BathshebaBiblical queen, Solomon's mother
- Mosaic lawHebrew scriptural commandments
- PhariseesSecond Temple legal interpreters
accusers · casting stones · forgiveness · harlot · whore · wanton · Old Testament · Leviticus · Deuteronomy · punishment