cuckold
Wife's unfaithful victim
A cuckold is a man whose wife has sex with other men.
The word is old-fashioned and literary, carrying connotations of humiliation and emasculation: The king was made a cuckold by his wife's affair with the knight.
In contemporary usage, cuckold appears mostly in sexual fetish contexts, where it describes men who derive pleasure from their partner's infidelity.
The verb means to make someone a cuckold.
The slang shortening cuck has become a political insult suggesting weakness or submission.
Married person's sexual betrayal
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
affair · mistress · paramour · lover · philanderer · tryst · liaison · seduction
Married partner
- wedlockState of being spouses
- matrimonyLegal union of spouses
- vowsSolemn binding promises
- fidelityLoyalty or exactness
trust · betrayed · estranged · divorce · separation · husband · wife · marital
Painful awareness of failure
- emasculationRemoval of masculine power
- dishonorLoss of respect
- disgraceLoss of honor
- humiliatedMade to feel worthless
degradation · mockery · ridicule · horns · stigma · abasement · indignity · embarrassment
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
- OthelloVenetian military commander
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- hornsBony animal projections
- stock characterConventional recurring persona
dramatic irony · jealous husband · Ford · Elizabethan · Jacobean · bawdy · theatrical · satire
Sense of unease about motives
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- envyResentful longing for another's
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
possessiveness · rage · wrath · vengeance · spite · animosity · bitterness · obsession
Wife with approved lovers
- voyeurismErotic observation without consent
- consensualInvolving mutual permission
- kinkTight twisted spot
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
erotica · sharing · stag · vixen · bull · lifestyle · swinging · sexual fantasy
Male-dominated social order
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- heirOne who receives legacy
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
chastity · propriety · scandal · dowry · matchmaker · aristocracy · lineage · primogeniture
adultery
Married person's sexual betrayal
- betrayalBreaking of trust
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
extramarital · affair · mistress · paramour · lover · philanderer · tryst · liaison · seduction · deception
spouse
Married partner
fidelity · trust · betrayed · estranged · divorce · separation · husband · wife · marital · bond
shame
Painful awareness of failure
- emasculationRemoval of masculine power
- dishonorLoss of respect
- disgraceLoss of honor
humiliated · degradation · mockery · ridicule · horns · stigma · abasement · indignity · embarrassment · mortification
Shakespeare
Elizabethan dramatist and poet
stock character · dramatic irony · jealous husband · Ford · Elizabethan · Jacobean · bawdy · theatrical · satire · lampoon
suspicion
Sense of unease about motives
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- envyResentful longing for another's
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
insecurity · possessiveness · rage · wrath · vengeance · spite · animosity · bitterness · obsession · paranoia
hotwife
Wife with approved lovers
- voyeurismErotic observation without consent
- consensualInvolving mutual permission
- kinkTight twisted spot
fantasy · erotica · sharing · stag · vixen · bull · lifestyle · swinging · sexual fantasy · arousal
patriarchy
Male-dominated social order
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- legitimacyLawful or rightful status
- heirOne who receives legacy
bloodline · chastity · propriety · scandal · dowry · matchmaker · aristocracy · lineage · primogeniture · inheritance
- infidelityadultery, affair, adulteress, cheating, cheater
- Shakespearean insultsknave, varlet, villain, rogue, scoundrel
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- Olde Englishthee, thou, thy, thine, hath
- archaic wordsthee, thou, thy, thine, tis
- obsolete relationship wordsbetrothed, beau, suitor, courting, swain
cuckoldadulterer
Unfaithful married person
adulteress · cheater · philanderer · the other woman · two-timer
cuckoldalpha male
Dominant group leader
bull · stud · Don Juan · Casanova · ladies' man
- cuckoo clocksWall timepieces with emerging birds
- cuckoo's nestBrood parasite's home
- cloud cuckoo landRealm of absurd optimism
- One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
- cuckoo's eggParasitic bird's planted offspring
- cuckoo for Cocoa PuffsIrrationally obsessed with something