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adulterous

/əˈdʌltəɹəs/

adulterous adjective: of, or characterized by adultery.

Adjective

adulterous (comparative more adulterous, superlative most adulterous)

  1. Of, or characterized by adultery.
    • adulterous behaviour
    • adulterous man

adulterous meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

adulterous in Hindi

of or characterized by adultery
व्यभिचारी vyabhicārī

adulterous in Tamil

ஒழுக்கங்கெட்ட, முறைகேடான

adulterous in Urdu

حرام

adulterous in Malayalam

disloyal, unfaithful, faithless
വ്യഭിചാരസ്വഭാവമുള്ള, വിശ്വസ്തതയില്ലാത്ത, പാതിവ്രത്യമില്ലാത്ത, സത്യസന്ധതയില്ലാത്ത, ചഞ്ചല, ചപല
More languagesFewer languages
adulterous in Odia
ଚଞ୍ଚଳ cañcaḷa, ନଷ୍ଟ naṣṭa

Examples of adulterous in a sentence

  • The novel told the story of an adulterous affair.
  • He was accused of living in an adulterous relationship.
  • Her adulterous behavior led to the collapse of the marriage.

Synonyms of adulterous

Antonyms

Forms of adulterous

comparativemore adulterous
superlativemost adulterous

Words formed from adulterous

Questions about adulterous

What does adulterous mean?
Adulterous means of, or characterized by adultery.
What is adulterous in Hindi?
Adulterous in Hindi is व्यभिचारी (vyabhicārī). See Adulterous meaning in Hindi.
How do you use adulterous in a sentence?
The novel told the story of an adulterous affair.
What part of speech is adulterous?
Adulterous is an adjective.
How do you pronounce adulterous?
Adulterous is pronounced /əˈdʌltəɹəs/.

Words near adulterous in the dictionary

  1. adulterising
  2. adulterize
  3. adulterized
  4. adulterizes
  5. adulterizing
  6. adulterous
  7. adulterously
  8. adulterousness
  9. adulters
  10. adultery
  11. adultescence

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: adulterous (page history and authors); adulterous (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adulterous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); adulterous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ଚଞ୍ଚଳ (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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