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adjective

Definition of two-timingnext
as in adulterous
relating to or being a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse her husband's compulsive two-timing behavior is the reason she left

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two-timing

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noun

1
as in adultery
a sexual encounter or relationship between a married person and someone other than their spouse he found out about the two-timing when he found a love letter stuffed in the dresser

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2
as in betrayal
the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another this repudiation of her campaign pledges is an unconscionable two-timing of the electorate

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two-timing

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verb

present participle of two-time
as in betraying
to be unfaithful or disloyal to an entrepreneur who's supposedly two-timed every business partner she's ever had

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for two-timing
  1. adulterous
  2. adultery
  3. betrayal
  4. betraying
  5. extramarital
  6. treachery
  7. extracurricular
  8. misconduct
Adjective
  • Nor did anyone blink when Shonda Rhimes set Scandal within the White House of a wishy-washy, adulterous GOP President who’d unwittingly stolen an election.
    — Judy Berman, TIME, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The new version strips down the book’s narrative, concentrating on the plight of an adulterous airline pilot (Cage) who’s forced to land a plane after all the good Christians are called up to heaven.
    — Emily Heller, Vulture, 12 July 2024
Definition of adulterous
Noun
  • The faith is rooted in the Vedas, an ancient Hindu scripture and prescribes the five lifetime vows: no alcohol, no addictions, no adultery, no meat and no impurity of body and mind.
    — James Powel, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Under Taliban rule, morality laws are strictly enforced, and activities considered immoral or against Islamic principles—such as pornography, adultery, or LGBTQ+ content—are harshly punished.
    — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Definition of adultery
Noun
  • Ultimately, cost-inflicting behaviors are driven by the all-consuming fear of abandonment or betrayal.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The top Senate Democrat's support for the bill moving forward, in which he was joined by nine other members of the chamber's Democratic Caucus, prevented a government shutdown, but was seen by many in his party as a betrayal.
    — Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of betrayal
Verb
  • America’s shoppers are not betraying signs of an economic slowdown.
    — Melvin Backman, Quartz, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Who is the person that loves their husband, and yet is betraying them all the time?
    — Carita Rizzo, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
Definition of betraying
Adjective
  • In 2009, Woods fell from grace after numerous extramarital affairs came to light.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Jack Lemmon plays Bud, a white-collar drone who lends out his apartment to his bosses for their extramarital affairs.
    — Will Leitch, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2025
Definition of extramarital
Noun
  • His greatest dream, beside destroying Nato from within, is dividing the west and China - as a return favor for the treachery of Nixon’s demarche.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
  • Witness was his 1952 manifesto on fellow-traveling American liberals and their treachery, which emboldened the Soviet Union.
    — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
Definition of treachery
Adjective
  • Even younger kids can feel pressured to follow a certain path or pursue a certain extracurricular activity.
    — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 20 Mar. 2025
  • In February, a warning from a South Texas school district that agents at checkpoints might board school buses carrying schoolchildren to extracurricular activities panicked parents in the region.
    — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 15 Mar. 2025
Definition of extracurricular
Noun
  • Despite early reports of abuse, the district allegedly failed to act, allowing Yeh to continue his misconduct until his conviction on 17 felony counts of child molestation, according to the lawsuit.
    — Real-Time News team, Miami Herald, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Peltier’s attorneys and supporters would wage a decades-long battle through appeals, writs and petitions to circuit courts, federal courts, the U.S. Supreme Court and three U.S. presidents, alleging numerous incidents of misconduct by the FBI in Peltier’s case.
    — Tom White, Deadline, 12 Mar. 2025
Definition of misconduct
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