Hen-peck

But—Oh! ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not hen-peck'd you all?

I don't want to hen-peck you ! Hen-pecking is shocking bad taste. But I won't be a slighted, neglected wife; I have a spirit of my own, and I won't meekly submit to be ignored.

We have friends who thought it was cute when their daughter "hen-pecked" her husband. But, when their son married a spicy little gal who tried to hen-peck their son, they were very angry.

Laura didn't have to hen-peck the man; he was a self-made wimp.

"You see, I am a hen-peck," he said.