homewrecker
Affair partner blamed
A homewrecker is someone who breaks up a marriage or committed relationship, typically by having an affair with one of the partners.
The term is applied more often to women than men, carrying judgmental overtones: His secretary was the homewrecker who destroyed their twenty-year marriage.
The word assigns blame to the outsider rather than the straying partner.
Illicit female lover
- paramourLover in secret affair
- loverRomantic intimate
- cheaterOne who acts dishonestly
- adulteryMarried person's sexual betrayal
infidelity · affair · betrayal · seduction · unfaithful · extramarital · two-timer · philanderer
Complete disorder and confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- destabilizationCausing loss of stability
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
discord · dysfunction · strife · conflict · troublemaker · instigator · agitator · catalyst
mistress
Illicit female lover
adultery · infidelity · affair · betrayal · seduction · unfaithful · extramarital · two-timer · philanderer · cuckold
chaos
Complete disorder and confusion
- upheavalViolent disturbance of order
- turmoilViolent disturbance or confusion
- destabilizationCausing loss of stability
interference · discord · dysfunction · strife · conflict · troublemaker · instigator · agitator · catalyst · wedge
demolition
Deliberate structural destruction
- bulldozerBladed vehicle pushing earth
- teardownDeliberate structure removal
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
devastation · damage · vandalism · razing · leveling · gutting · condemned · dilapidated · rubble · debris
- tabloidsNational Enquirer, TMZ, Daily Mail, People, Globe
- infidelityadultery, affair, adulteress, cheating, cheater
- troublemakerstroublemaker, rascals, delinquents, imps, brats
- dating slangghosting, breadcrumbing, talking, situationship, cuffing
- marital problemsinfidelity, adultery, cheating, affair, divorce
- seducersseducer, lothario, womanizer, philanderer, rake
homewreckerhomemaker
One who manages a household
marriage counselor · peacemaker · couples therapist · family therapist · matchmaker
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