Cuckold (Noun)
Meaning
A man whose wife committed adultery.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The man felt humiliated and betrayed when he discovered that his wife had been having an affair, making him a cuckold in his own home.
- After years of marriage, John's wife left him for another man, rendering him a pitiful cuckold with a shattered sense of self-worth.
- In the small town, everyone knew about the local merchant's wife and her numerous infidelities, and they would often whisper to each other about what a cuckold he was.
- The novel explored the psychological effects of being a cuckold on a man's mental health and relationships.
- The husband's friends tried to console him after he found out about his wife's affair, but he couldn't shake off the feeling of being a cuckold, a man whose wife had publicly humiliated him.