henpecked

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
23
Letters
9
Pronunciation
/ˈhɛnpɛkt/

Definition of henpecked

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. 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."”

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Etymology

From hen + pecked.

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