henpecked
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henpecked
- /ˈhɛnpɛkt/
Where it comes from
From hen + pecked.
adjective more henpecked · most henpecked
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Intimidated or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing matriarch, wife, or girlfriend.
"I noticed that he addressed her as 'My dear,' very genially, without any trace of resentment.... The quickness of the transition made me vaguely ask myself whether he were henpecked,—a shocking conjecture, which I instantly dismissed."
Similar: pussywhipped, under the thumb, uxorious
Translations
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adj plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife
| Español | calzonazos, planchabragas, mandilón, macabeo, pollerudo, pisado |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 女房天下 nyōbō tenka, 二本棒 nihonbō, 鼻下長 bikachō |
| 中文 | 怕老婆的 pàlǎopó de, 懼內的 /惧内的 jùnèi de |
| Português | mandado |
| Français | jobard, la femme porte la culotte, dominé par sa femme |
| Deutsch | unter dem Pantoffel, Pantoffelheld |
| Italiano | soggiogato, sottomesso, plagiato, asservito |
| Русский | под башмако́м pod bašmakóm, под каблуко́м pod kablukóm, подкаблу́чник podkablúčnik |
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