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Henpecked

//ˈhɛnpɛkt// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    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.""

Adjective
  1. 1
    harassed by persistent nagging wordnet

Etymology

From hen + pecked.

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