Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Governed or controlled entirely by one's wife; domineered over.
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- adjective Particularly of
husbands ,plagued oroverwhelmed by anagging oroverbearing wife.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective harassed by persistent nagging
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Examples
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The idea that a play should send anyone reaching for the word "henpecked" is disheartening.
Men Should Weep; Blasted; When We Are Married Susannah Clapp 2010
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Because, come on: a photo of you and your best work friend with Jon Gosselin, previously semiknown as the henpecked dad from the TLC reality series
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T-Paw is very obviously not leadership material. very wishy-washy – trying so hard to pretend not to be sold out to big$ and held hostage by wingbaggers. like some kind of henpecked cuckold in the gop barnyard.
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Sellers plays a small-town librarian who feels saddled with wife and children one critic describes him as "henpecked" but since the worn but pretty wife is trapped with two squalling kids in a three room flat I don't think her irritability is unjustified.
Only Two Can Play Ed Gorman 2008
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Sellers plays a small-town librarian who feels saddled with wife and children one critic describes him as "henpecked" but since the worn but pretty wife is trapped with two squalling kids in a three room flat I don't think her irritability is unjustified.
Archive 2008-04-01 Ed Gorman 2008
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Singaporean men are also sometimes branded with the "henpecked" label, she said, something they have learned to shrug off.
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This does not prevent him from being "henpecked" in many cases, but on the whole it assures his superior status.
The Nervous Housewife Abraham Myerson 1914
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"henpecked" by his wife, adding that the best thing that could happen to this economy "is to get him out of any position of power to run it."
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His most famous role is Dan Conner, the henpecked husband on “Roseanne.”
Sunday Reading 2009
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So now you think he is “henpecked”, you have such a low opinion of women.
oroboros commented on the word henpecked
See uxorious.
October 9, 2007
seanahan commented on the word henpecked
Is there a reverse of this word? If not, I suggest cockbitten.
October 9, 2007
chained_bear commented on the word henpecked
Ha! Love it!
October 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word henpecked
Yowch.
October 9, 2007