henpecked
browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.: a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife.
Origin of henpecked
1Other words from henpecked
- henpecking, noun
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How to use henpecked in a sentence
Hand it off to a hen-pecked husband or a put-upon assistant and it can demean or belittle.
But, like all other hen-pecked husbands, on the back of the scape-goat Cunning, he fled away from the uplifted lash.
Ruth Hall | Fanny FernShe is a well-to-do widow, who marries Bumble, and reduces the pompous beadle to a hen-pecked husband.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 | The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.Day (Justice), a pitiable hen-pecked husband, who always addresses his wife as "duck" or "duckie."
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 | The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.By the fault of deficient spirit and manliness, Mr. Placid was a hen-pecked husband.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 | The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.
The gnats still hen-pecked us, though not so ferociously as on the previous days, because we now got along faster.
The Putumayo, The Devil's Paradise | Walter Hardenburg
British Dictionary definitions for henpecked
/ (ˈhɛnˌpɛkd) /
(of a man) continually harassed or tormented by the persistent nagging of a woman (esp his wife)
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