fornicators
Those committing adultery
Fornicators are people who engage in fornication—sexual intercourse outside marriage.
The term carries strong moral or religious disapproval, appearing most often in biblical contexts or conservative religious discourse: The scripture warns that fornicators shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
Outside religious settings, the word sounds archaic or deliberately judgmental.
Frequent casual sexual encounters
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
- debaucheryExtreme indulgence in vices
immorality · depravity · vice · wantonness · shamelessness · loose · lustful · carnal
Violation of divine law
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- impuritySubstance degrading another's quality
- transgressionViolation of law or code
- repentanceRemorseful rejection of past wrongs
damnation · hellfire · commandment · iniquity · wickedness · unclean · fallen · sinner
Disloyalty to a partner
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
- affairRomantic entanglement outside commitment
betrayal · philanderer · two-timing · mistress · paramour · lover · cuckold · homewrecker
Disgraceful public affair
- stigmaMark of dishonor
- ostracismBanishment from a group
- disgraceLoss of honor
- shamePainful awareness of failure
condemnation · reputation · gossip · outcast · shunned · scarlet letter · whispers · judgment
promiscuity
Frequent casual sexual encounters
- licentiousnessExcessive disregard for morality
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
- lecheryExcessive sexual indulgence
debauchery · immorality · depravity · vice · wantonness · shamelessness · loose · lustful · carnal · profligate
sin
Violation of divine law
- lustIntense carnal appetite
- impuritySubstance degrading another's quality
- transgressionViolation of law or code
repentance · damnation · hellfire · commandment · iniquity · wickedness · unclean · fallen · sinner · penance
infidelity
Disloyalty to a partner
- cheatingDeceptive rule-breaking
- unfaithfulBetraying a partner's trust
- extramaritalOutside the marriage bond
affair · betrayal · philanderer · two-timing · mistress · paramour · lover · cuckold · homewrecker · tryst
scandal
Disgraceful public affair
shame · condemnation · reputation · gossip · outcast · shunned · scarlet letter · whispers · judgment · scorn