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Cuckold

A man whose wife has affairs with other men

Picaresque

Related or connected to rogues, a novel genre

Raucous

Harsh, rowdy

Exasperated

Immensely frustrated

Slobbering

Drooling

Estranged

Separated, alienated

Hardscrabble

Struggling with hard work

Enthralls

Lures, attracts

Bandish

Restriction ( Hindi)

Diversionary

Distracting from important things

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