cuckoldry
Wife's secret affair
Cuckoldry is the state or practice of being a cuckold—a man whose wife has sex with other men.
The term carries connotations of humiliation and emasculation, the husband being unaware or powerless to prevent it.
In modern usage, cuckoldry sometimes refers to a sexual fetish where a man derives arousal from watching his partner with others: He discovered cuckoldry forums online.
Married person's sexual betrayal
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
philandering · two-timing · paramour · mistress · lover · liaison · tryst · fornication
Intentional misleading of others
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- dishonorLoss of respect
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
- perfidyDeliberate breach of trust
breach · duplicity · humiliation · disgrace · shame · emasculation · degradation · wounded
Venetian military commander
- hornsBony animal projections
- cuckooBrood parasite bird
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- Restoration1660s monarchical revival
Chaucer · comedy · farce · satire · lampoon · ballad · broadside
Resentful desire for another's advantages
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- distrustAbsence of confidence
- insecurityUncertainty about oneself
possessiveness · anger · rage · heartache · obsession · paranoia · vengeance · wrath
Wife with approved lovers
- voyeurismErotic observation without consent
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- submissionYielding to another's will
- consensualInvolving mutual permission
adultery
Married person's sexual betrayal
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- unfaithfulnessBreach of romantic commitment
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
affair · philandering · two-timing · paramour · mistress · lover · liaison · tryst · fornication · clandestine
deception
Intentional misleading of others
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- dishonorLoss of respect
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
perfidy · breach · duplicity · humiliation · disgrace · shame · emasculation · degradation · wounded · dishonesty
Othello
Venetian military commander
- hornsBony animal projections
- cuckooBrood parasite bird
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
Chaucer · Restoration · comedy · farce · satire · lampoon · ballad · broadside
jealousy
Resentful desire for another's advantages
- suspicionSense of unease about motives
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
- distrustAbsence of confidence
insecurity · possessiveness · anger · rage · heartache · obsession · paranoia · vengeance · wrath · scorn
hotwife
Wife with approved lovers
- voyeurismErotic observation without consent
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- submissionYielding to another's will
- infidelityadultery, affair, adulteress, cheating, cheater
- marital problemsinfidelity, adultery, cheating, affair, divorce
- mating traitssexual selection, courtship, plumage, antlers, ornamentation
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- betrayalbackstab, betray, betrayal, traitor, backstabber
- courtshipcourting, courtship, suitor, betrothal, wooing
cuckoldryfidelity
Loyalty or exactness
faithfulness · marital fidelity · monogamy · devotion · constancy