A man who asks his wife's permission before taking any action except breathing is a henpecked husband.
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Henpecked
//ˈhɛnpɛkt//
Synonyms for "henpecked" (27 found)
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Adjective(1 words)
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Related words (13)
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3 entriesderived
1 entriesderived from
3 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 24 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- amcıq əskisi adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Catalan
2 entries- bajoc adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- calçasses adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 怕老婆的 adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- 懼內的 /惧内的 adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Czech
1 entries- pod pantoflem adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Danish
2 entries- i sin hule hånd adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- tøffelhelt adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Finnish
2 entries- tossun alla adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- tossutettu adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
French
3 entries- dominé par sa femme adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- jobard adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- la femme porte la culotte adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
German
2 entries- Pantoffelheld adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- unter dem Pantoffel adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Hungarian
2 entries- papucs adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- tutyimutyi adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Italian
4 entries- asservito adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- plagiato adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- soggiogato adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- sottomesso adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Japanese
3 entries- 二本棒 adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- 女房天下 adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- 鼻下長 adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Latin
1 entries- uxorius adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Macedonian
1 entries- папучар adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Norman
1 entries- dêbraiesi adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tøffelhelt adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Persian
1 entries- زنذلیل adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Polish
3 entries- pantoflarz adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- pod pantoflem adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- pozbadnięty adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Portuguese
1 entries- mandado adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Russian
3 entries- под башмако́м adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- под каблуко́м adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- подкаблу́чник adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- fo mhaide na poite adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- piteag adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Spanish
4 entries- calzonazos adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- macabeo adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- mandilón adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- pisado adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Swedish
3 entries- toffel adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- toffelhjälte adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
- tofflad adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Tagalog
1 entries- ander de saya adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Turkish
1 entries- kılıbık adj (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
No wonder he is a henpecked husband.
Source: tatoeba (278440)
It's just too pathetic that this henpecked husband ended up hooking up with a wallflower.
Source: tatoeba (669772)
He's henpecked.
Source: tatoeba (1493814)
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