cuckold
noun
the husband of an unfaithful wife.
cuckolded
Example Sentences
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Forster’s marriage also brought him suffering—he was disdained by his wife and cuckolded by his friends—indeed, his marital situation may have given Goethe the basis for his 1809 novel “Elective Affinities.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
Emma Thompson is his earnest sister and Alan Rickman her husband, besotted by his secretary; Liam Neeson is a widowed stepfather; and Colin Firth is a writer cuckolded by his own brother.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2016
Wheeldon was helped by his source, Shakespeare’s searing late play, which begins with Leontes, the King of Sicilia, deciding that his queen, Hermione, has cuckolded him with his best friend, Polixenes.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 15, 2016
That would be the same crazed, cuckolded Cardenio whom Don Quixote met in Chapter 23 of the novel, then helped reunite with his inamorata a hundred pages later.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2016
Ay, ay, this Grievance ought to be redrest, Sir Feeble; the grave and sober part o'th' Nation are hereby ridicul'd,—Ay, and cuckolded too for ought I know.
From The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume III by Montague Summers
