henpecked

[hen-pekt] / ˈhɛnˌpɛkt /

ADJECTIVE

dominated by one's wife

Synonyms

WEAK

acquiescent browbeaten compliant constrained docile dominated in fear of one's wife intimidated led by the nose meek nagged obedient passive resigned subjected to nagging submissive timid unassertive under one's thumb unresisting wife-ridden yielding

Example Sentences

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A henpecked husband looks to his talking dog for consolation.

From Los Angeles Times

Viewers laughed at Philbin’s mock indignation over not getting the best seat at a restaurant the night before or being henpecked by his partner.

From Fox News

Viewers laughed at Philbin’s mock indignation over not getting the best seat at a restaurant the night before, or being henpecked by his partner.

From Washington Times

In 1961, Helen Evans Brown and her husband, Philip, wrote in “The Cookout Book” : “Nothing makes a man look — and we should think, feel — more henpecked than to have his wife officiate at the cookout.”

From Washington Post

He doesn’t want to be seen as cowardly or credulous or henpecked — spoiler alert: he’s all of those things — and the supposedly homeless houseguests merrily play on his shallow motives like a xylophone.

From Seattle Times