Doghoused

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Synonym of in the doghouse (“subject to someone's anger and disapproval, especially one's spouse”). informal, not-comparable

    "[…] gathering the bedding from the sofa like a doghoused husband, he'd make a spot for us while he went about his morning ablutions […]"

Example

More examples

"[…] gathering the bedding from the sofa like a doghoused husband, he'd make a spot for us while he went about his morning ablutions […]"

Etymology

From doghouse + -ed.

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