two-timing 1 of 3

adjective

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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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 two-timing
Adjective
With Kate Sprague, the two-timing wife of Rhode Island governor William Sprague, on his arm (the Spragues would divorce a year later as news of their affair spread), Roscoe Conkling turns up to remind James Blaine that his support for Garfield’s campaign comes with a fee. — Scott Tobias, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
Audiences had not responded well to Schmidt’s two-timing Cece and Elizabeth, and a dark cloud hovered around the network’s growing frustration over New Girl’s slipping ratings. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026 Both albums get scathingly honest about two-timing exes. — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 27 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for two-timing
  1. adulterous
  2. adultery
  3. betrayal
  4. betraying
  5. extramarital
  6. cheating
  7. treachery
  8. extracurricular
Adjective
  • With all respect to West’s previous cheating-on-television canon, War might be his finest adulterous work.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026
  • All the while, though, Dylan was also getting a taste of what was becoming Swinging London, thanks to the play’s director, Philip Saville, and Saville’s adulterous lover, a gorgeous and brilliant painter named Pauline Boty.
    — Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of adulterous
Noun
  • The idea shows up in mythology—from Zeus transforming into every kind of animal to commit adultery to Psyche being warned that her new husband, Eros, would be grotesque—as well as in folklore and countless retellings of Beauty and the Beast.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Specifically, Pickard said his understanding of the immunity deal is that his testimony about adultery and an inappropriate relationship cannot be used against him as part of the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
    — Matt Schooley, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of adultery
Noun
  • In the end, though, what gives the film its power is less its visual and aural flair than the deep sense of betrayal at its core.
    — Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Netanyahu is already portraying any such alliance as a betrayal of Israel’s Jewish identity and a national security threat, raising the pressure on Eisenkot’s allies, particularly those on the right, to reject it.
    — Tia Goldenberg, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of betrayal
Verb
  • Rose came to believe that Kloak had actually been sent by its masters to surveil her but was now betraying them.
    — Sam Kestenbaum, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
  • The coalition collapsed in 2022, leaving many former supporters accusing him of betraying his electoral promises.
    — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of betraying
Adjective
  • Miller—who is no stranger to extramarital tabloid scandals herself—has also mastered her getting-cheated-on performances.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 24 Oct. 2026
  • At work, Satoko attempts to create a campaign for a new Korean baseball drama that her company is releasing, but after hours she is involved in an extramarital affair with a business associate, Muramoto (Joe Odagiri).
    — James Marsh, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of extramarital
Noun
  • The findings followed scrutiny of a Washington Post column criticizing AI cheating, as colleges nationwide confront how the technology is changing teaching and writing.
    — Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026
  • The risks are already visible in models that deploy agents capable of evading their guardrails, escaping their sandboxes, cheating to obtain their goals, and covering their tracks to conceal the cheating.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of cheating
Noun
  • The killings and his six-week trial in 2023 captivated the true crime world with a mix of treachery, corruption, money, power and Southern accents.
    — Jeffrey Collins, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The killings of Murdaugh’s wife and son and his subsequent six-week trial captivated the true crime world with a mix of treachery, corruption, money, power and Southern accents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of treachery
Adjective
  • The six core areas that are typically reviewed by courts are student assignment, faculty assignment, staff assignment, transportation, facilities and extracurricular activities, though other areas can also be considered.
    — Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
  • Congratulations to the happy couple for both their extracurricular activity on the set and for extending hope for others.
    — Sean Joseph OutKick, FOXNews.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of extracurricular

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