Dictionary

henpecked en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˈhɛnpɛkt/

Etymology

From hen + pecked.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:particularly of husbands or boyfriends) 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." June-July 1884, Henry James, “The Author of Beltraffio”, in The English Illustrated Magazine:

Forms

Deriveds

unhenpecked

Relateds

wear the pants · mother-hen · mother hen

Synonyms

uxorious · under the thumb · pussywhipped

Translations (51)

gd fo mhaide na poite (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · pt mandado (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · es pisado (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · it plagiato (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · fi tossun alla (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · da i sin hule hånd (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · mk папучар (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · pl pozbadnięty (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · pl pod pantoflem (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · sv toffelhjälte (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · ca bajoc (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · ru под каблуко́м (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · ja 女房天下 (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · gd piteag (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · es pollerudo (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · ru под башмако́м (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · la uxorius (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · ca calçasses (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · cmn 怕老婆的 (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · fr jobard (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · es mandilón (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · da tøffelhelt (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · az arvadağız (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · fr la femme porte la culotte (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · sv tofflad (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · hu papucs (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · ru подкаблу́чник (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · fi tossutettu (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · it soggiogato (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · de unter dem Pantoffel (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · az amcıq əskisi (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · it asservito (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · pl pantoflarz (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · ja 鼻下長 (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · es macabeo (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · de Pantoffelheld (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · tl ander de saya (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · cmn 懼內的 /惧内的 (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · nrf dêbraiesi (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · sv toffel (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · hu tutyimutyi (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · nb tøffelhelt (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · es planchabragas (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · es calzonazos (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · tr kılıbık (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · fa زنذلیل (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · fr dominé par sa femme (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · cs pod pantoflem (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · nn tøffelhelt (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · it sottomesso (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife) · ja 二本棒 (plagued or overwhelmed by one's wife)