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One danger is that women will be henpecked by men who now claim that unprotected sex is medically safe.

Martha paid as little attention to the old man's injunctions as a predominant dame gives to those of a henpecked husband.

He still believed that she was excessively fond of him—a common delusion of husbands, especially when henpecked.

Socrates was henpecked, and was one of the greatest philosophers in the world—but the rule does not hold good any longer.

I saw one instance where a henpecked husband "ran amok" and killed or wounded seventeen people before he himself was killed.

I am prepared to become an awful example of a henpecked husband.

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On this page you'll find 22 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to henpecked, such as: acquiescent, browbeaten, compliant, constrained, docile, and dominated.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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