Synonyms for henpecked
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : hen-pekt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛnˌpɛkt |
Top 10 synonyms for henpecked
Définition of henpecked
Origin :- 1670s, an image from hen + peck (v.).
- The henpect Man rides behind his Wife, and lets her wear the Spurs and govern the Reins. [Samuel Butler]
- The verb henpeck (1680s) apparently is a back-formation.
- adj dominated by one's wife
- It was, she said, just the opposite—she who had been henpecked.
- Extract from : « Adventures and Recollections » by Bill o'th' Hoylus End
- People said that Squire Hall was henpecked; they also said that he had married beneath him.
- Extract from : « The Way to Peace » by Margaret Deland
- I had heard of henpecked husbands and now I felt that I saw one.
- Extract from : « Anne Of Avonlea » by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- I had the gout, my wife was a shrew, and I was—a henpecked husband.
- Extract from : « Sheppard Lee, Vol. I (of 2) » by Robert Montgomery Bird
- I am prepared to become an awful example of a henpecked husband.
- Extract from : « Mount Royal, Volume 1 of 3 » by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
- Certainly you never could have henpecked me into Congress the way you did Jim Walton!
- Extract from : « The Co-Citizens » by Corra Harris
- His neighbours used to say of him, "The puir body's henpecked."
- Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland » by Various
- There are henpecked husbands, it has been remarked, even in aboriginal Australia.
- Extract from : « Little Essays of Love and Virtue » by Havelock Ellis
- Take it he was henpecked when he married, and Madam Esmond took the spirit out of him when she got him in her island.
- Extract from : « The Virginians » by William Makepeace Thackeray
- I vow nothing would induce her to believe that Harry was not henpecked—nothing.
- Extract from : « The Virginians » by William Makepeace Thackeray
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