Cuckold

Quick meaning: Cuckold is a noun meaning (sexuality) A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.

Meaning

(sexuality) A man married to an adulterous spouse, especially when he is unaware or unaccepting of the fact.

More Meanings

1. (paraphilia) A man who is attracted to or aroused by the sexual infidelity of a partner.
2. A West Indian plectognath fish, Rhinesomus triqueter.
3. The scrawled cowfish, Acanthostracion quadricornis and allied species.
4. Synonym of fringed filefish.
5. (transitive) To make a cuckold or cuckquean of someone by committing adultery, or by seducing their partner or spouse.

Example Sentences

If I never marry, I shall never be a cuckold.

Hey, I would never cuckold one of my friends. That’s way not cool.

You see, it happened that two lieutenantesses were fighting, because their husbands had made cuckolds of them .

Nothing captured the alt-right mentality better than cuckservative, with its taunt that moderation is unmanly and certain conservative males are cuckolds.

Word Forms

• cuckolds
• cuckhold
• cuckolding
• cuckolded

Synonyms for cuckold

Depending on context, synonyms include cornuto, cuck, cuckhold, hoddy-peak, skimmington, horn.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cheat, betray, wander, swain, cuckoldry, cuckoldress.

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