All henpecked synonyms
hen·pecked
H h 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.
- carped — to find fault or complain querulously or unreasonably; be niggling in criticizing; cavil: to carp at minor errors.
- fussed — an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- harassed — stressed, tormented
- hectored — Simple past form of hector.
- hounded — one of any of several breeds of dogs trained to pursue game either by sight or by scent, especially one with a long face and large drooping ears.
- irritated — angered, provoked, or annoyed.
- pestered — to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble: Don't pester me with your trivial problems.
- rode — a simple past tense of ride.
- scolded — to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
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.
- meek — humbly patient or docile, as under provocation from others.
- obedient — obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority: an obedient son.
- passive — not reacting visibly to something that might be expected to produce manifestations of an emotion or feeling.
- resigned — submissive or acquiescent.
- submissive — inclined or ready to submit or yield to the authority of another; unresistingly or humbly obedient: submissive servants.
- timid — lacking in self-assurance, courage, or bravery; easily alarmed; timorous; shy.
- yielding — inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man.
- browbeaten — intimidated
- dominated — to rule over; govern; control.
- unassertive — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- unresisting — to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.