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Synonyms for henpecked


Grammar : Adj
Spell : hen-pekt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛnˌpɛkt

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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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