henpecked
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 21
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 9
/ˈhɛnpɛkt/
Definition of henpecked
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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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."”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From hen + pecked.
Words you can make from henpecked
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