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henpecked

hen·pecked
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [hen-pekt]
    • /ˈhɛnˌpɛkt/
    • /ˈhen.pekt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [hen-pekt]
    • /ˈhɛnˌpɛkt/

Definitions of henpecked word

  • adjective henpecked browbeaten, bullied, or intimidated by one's wife, girlfriend, etc.: a henpecked husband who never dared to contradict his wife. 1
  • verb with object henpecked to browbeat, bully, or intimidate (one's husband, boyfriend, etc.). 1
  • noun henpecked Particularly of husbands, plagued or overwhelmed by a nagging or overbearing wife. 1
  • adjective henpecked You use henpecked to describe a man when you disapprove of the fact that someone, often his partner, is always telling him what to do or telling him that he has done something wrong. 0
  • adjective henpecked (of a man) continually harassed or tormented by the persistent nagging of a woman (esp his wife) 0

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Origin of henpecked

First appearance:

before 1670
One of the 47% oldest English words
First recorded in 1670-80; hen + peck2 + -ed2

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Parts of speech for Henpecked

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

henpecked popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for henpecked

adj henpecked

  • acquiescent — Someone who is acquiescent is ready to agree to do what someone wants, or to accept what they do.
  • compliant — If you say that someone is compliant, you mean they willingly do what they are asked to do.
  • constrained — embarrassed, unnatural, or forced
  • docile — easily managed or handled; tractable: a docile horse.
  • intimidated — to make timid; fill with fear.

verb henpecked

  • badgered — any of various burrowing, carnivorous mammals of the family Mustelidae, as Taxidea taxus, of North America, and Meles meles, of Europe and Asia.
  • berated — to scold; rebuke: He berated them in public.
  • bothered — worried or concerned
  • bugged — Also called true bug, hemipteran, hemipteron. a hemipterous insect.
  • bullied — a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.

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