PHILANDERING

Meaning of PHILANDERING in English

[adjective] [not gradable], [noun] [U] [dated] [disapproving]The novel focuses on a middle-aged housewife's attempts to punish her philandering husband.

Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012

PHILANDERING — n. promiscuity, state of engaging in frequent sexual relations, licentiousness
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PHILANDERING — / fɪˈlændərɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( old-fashioned , disapproving ) ( of a man ) the fact …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHILANDERING — See main entry: ↑ philanderer
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PHILANDERING — ( philanderings) 1. A philandering man has a lot of casual sexual relationships with women. ...her philandering husband. ADJ : …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHILANDERING — (~s) 1. A ~ man has a lot of casual sexual relationships with women. ...her ~ husband. ADJ: ADJ n …
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PHILANDER — I. fə̇ˈlandə(r), -laan- noun Etymology: Greek philandros loving men, from phil- + andr-, anēr man — more at andr- 1. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HANKY-PANKY — I. -|paŋkē noun also hankey-pankey ( plural hanky-pankies also hankey-pankeys ) Etymology: alteration (perhaps influenced by handkerchief ) of hocus-pocus …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
EXTRACURRICULAR — adjective also extracurriculum |ekstrə+ Etymology: extra- + curricular or curriculum 1. : outside a regular curriculum : not falling within …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DISCOURAGE — — discourager , n. — discourageable , adj. — discouragingly , adv. /di skerr"ij, -skur"-/ , v. , discouraged, discouraging …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CHATTERTON, THOMAS — born , Nov. 20, 1752, Bristol, Gloucestershire, Eng. died Aug. 24, 1770, London chief poet of the 18th-century Gothic literary …
Britannica English vocabulary
APHRODITE — ancient Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, identified by the Romans with Venus (q.v.). Because the Greek word aphros …
Britannica English vocabulary
PHILANDER — philander BrE AmE fɪ ˈlænd ə fə- AmE \ - ə r ▷ philander|ed d ▷ philandering fɪ ˈlænd‿ ə …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
WOMANIZING — ( BrE also woman·is·ing ) / ˈwʊmənaɪzɪŋ; NAmE / noun [ U ] ( disapproving ) the fact of having …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHILANDERER
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
WOMANIZING — Note: in BRIT, also use 'womanising' 1. If you talk about a man’s womanizing , you disapprove of him because …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WOMANIZING — Note: in BRIT, also use 'womanising' 1. If you talk about a man’s ~, you disapprove of him because he …
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WORST
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
VALUE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a moral value (= behaviour that a society believes is right and good ) …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
LOVER — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a dog lover (= someone who loves dogs ) ▪ Britain is a nation of …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
HEAD
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
FAMILY — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a committee/staff/family etc member ▪ Close friendships developed between crew members on the ship. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
UNCHASTITY — Synonyms and related words : Cyrenaic hedonism, Cyrenaicism, amorality, appetite, appetitiveness, backsliding, carnality, criminality, delinquency, epicureanism, epicurism, ethical hedonism, evil, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LIBERTINE
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
LECHERY — Synonyms and related words : animality, bawdiness, carnality, clitoromania, concupiscence, dirtiness, eroticism, eroticomania, erotomania, fleshliness, furor uterinus, goatishness, gynecomania, horniness, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
FLIRTATIOUS — Synonyms and related words : alluring, amative, amatory, amorous, appealing, appetizing, attractive, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing, cajoling, captivating, caressive, catching, changeable, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PHILANDER — v. Function: verb to have many love affairs FF1C; his reputation for philandering with married women FF1E; Synonyms: fool (around), …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
PHILANDER — I. noun Synonyms: wolf , Casanova, chaser, Don Juan, ladies' man, lady-killer, masher, philanderer, womanizer Idioms: ||skirt chaser II. verb …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
HUSBAND — n. 1) to leave one's ~ 2) a common-law; cuckolded; estranged ~; ex-~, former; faithful; henpecked; jealous; philandering, unfaithful ~ …
The Bbi Combinatory Dictionary of English - A Guide to Word Combinations
LIBERTINE — n. 1 lecher, reprobate, profligate, rake, rakehell, roué, debaucher, womanizer, seducer, fornicator, adulterer, debauchee, whoremonger, philanderer, Don Juan, Lothario, Casanova, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
IMPROPER
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