cuckolds
Wives' infidelity victims
Cuckolds is the plural of cuckold—a man whose wife has sex with other men.
The term carries connotations of humiliation and emasculation, implying the husband is unaware or unable to prevent it: The play's comic subplot involves a parade of cuckolds.
In modern sexual subcultures, cuckold describes men who derive pleasure from watching their partners with others.
Disloyalty to a partner
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
- deceivedMisled into false belief
betrayed · affair · mistress · lover · extramarital · disloyalty · two-timing · philandering
Venetian military commander
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- hornsBony animal projections
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
- commediaItalian masked theatrical tradition
Chaucer · bawdy · medieval · theatrical · satirical · Molière
Scornful ridicule or travesty
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- scornHostile dismissive feeling
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- stigmaMark of dishonor
disgrace · sneer · contempt · taunt · laughingstock · gossip · reputation · horns
Loss of dignity
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- emasculatedDeprived of vigor
dishonor · resentment · distrust · suspicion · insecurity · rage · devastation · bitterness
infidelity
Disloyalty to a partner
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
deceived · betrayed · affair · mistress · lover · extramarital · disloyalty · two-timing · philandering · cheated
Othello
Venetian military commander
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
- hornsBony animal projections
- farceAbsurd, laughable situation
commedia · Chaucer · bawdy · medieval · theatrical · satirical · Molière
mockery
Scornful ridicule or travesty
stigma · disgrace · sneer · contempt · taunt · laughingstock · gossip · reputation · horns · whispers
humiliation
Loss of dignity
- shamePainful awareness of failure
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
emasculated · dishonor · resentment · distrust · suspicion · insecurity · rage · devastation · bitterness · inadequacy
- Restoration Theatertragicomedy, playhouses, theatrical companies, prologues, epilogues
cuckoldsadulterers
Unfaithful married persons
cheaters · philanderers · two-timers · adulteresses · lotharios