jealous husband
Suspicious married man
A jealous husband is a man who guards his wife possessively, suspecting infidelity or resenting attention from other men.
The phrase appears in news stories about domestic violence and in fiction as a stock character—the controlling spouse whose jealousy drives the plot: The jealous husband followed her to work.
It can describe reasonable concern or dangerous obsession.
- possessiveOverly attached, often toxically
- suspiciousInclined to distrust
- controllingExerting authority over others
- paranoidUnreasonably suspicious of others
- insecureLacking self-assurance
trust issues · unfaithful · wandering eye · affair · betrayal · mistrust · accusation · surveillance · obsessive · private investigator · Othello · rage · crime of passion · confrontation · infidelity · cheating · resentment · emotional abuse
- farceslapstick, pratfall, mistaken identity, pratfalls, buffoonery
- noir charactersfemme fatale, private eye, gumshoe, hard-boiled detective, dame